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1577 · Art Institute of Chicago

The Assumption of the Virgin

El GrecoWikidata

painting by El Greco (Santo Domingo el Antiguo)

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ReligiousAssumption of Mary
Date
1577Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1577–79
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
403.2 × 211.8 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 403.2 × 211.8 cm
Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
Gallery
Gallery 211Art Institute of Chicago
Genre
religious artWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1906.99Wikidata
Credit line
Gift of Nancy Atwood Sprague in memory of Albert Arnold SpragueArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. 1577 – 1827
    Monastery of Saint Dominic of Silos
    high confidenceWikidata · collection
  2. ? – 1902
    Infanta Maria Cristina of Spain
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  3. Dates unknown
    Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  4. 1906 –
    Art Institute of Chicago
    high confidenceWikidata · collection

Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago

Pau, Salons de l'ancien Asile de Pau, Tableaux appartenant aux héritiers de feu Msg. l’Enfant don Sébastien de Bourbon et Bragance, September 1876, cat. 668. Madrid, Museo Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Exposición de las obras de Domenico Theotocópouli, llamado El Greco, April 30 - July 31, 1902, cat. 6. Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 169. Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1934, cat. 70. Paris, Grand Palais, Greco, October 14, 2019–February 10, 2020, cat. 73; Art Institute of Chicago, El Greco: Ambition and Defiance, March 7–June 21, 2020, cat. 14. Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, El Greco. Santo Domingo el Antiguo, Feb. 18–June 15, 2025, cat. 1.
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