Explore the History and description of this artwork, Assumption of the Virgin (Palma Vecchio).
The large painting is perhaps the first Vecchio produced in Venice. It was probably commissioned in 1513 and it appears the artist received a fee of 50 ducats from the Scuola di Santa Maria Maggiore's syndics, showing that he was already highly regarded on Venetian territory despite his youth. Giorgio Vasari and Roberto Ridolfi also mention a painting of the Madonna in the Air by Vecchio, then in the Church of San Moisè.In 1808 the painting and the other works of the Scuola della Carità were confiscated by the Napoleonic authorities in Italy, entered the Gallerie dell'Accademia four years later. A restoration in 1967 confirmed its attribution as an early Vecchio.
Madonna ducat Church of San Moisè Giorgio Vasari Roberto Ridolfi syndic Gallerie dell'Accademia Venice Scuola della Carità Scuola di Santa Maria Maggiore