ANDREA DEL SARTO
(b. 1486, Firenze, d. 1530, Firenze)

Assumption of the Virgin (detail)

1526-29
Oil on wood
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

The face of Mary in Andrea's huge Assumption bears the features of his wife. Seated on clouds, her hands folded in prayer, she is surrounded by sturdy putti.