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  • Dormition of the Virgin

    Dormition of the Virgin

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    Dormition of the Virgin (c1612) Carlo Saraceni. After the Carmelites rejected Caravaggio’s intensely realistic take on the Dormition of the Virgin, Saraceni was commissioned to create a new version. His interpretation draws on Northern Italian influences, with a Renaissance-inspired color palette and carefully arranged figures. Yet the work remains grounded in naturalism and in its…

  • The Assumption

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    Today the (Western) Catholic church celebrates the Assumption of Mary. Tucked inside Rome’s Santa Maria del Popolo is the Cerasi Chapel, renowned for its two striking Caravaggio masterpieces. Yet above the altar, quietly commanding attention, hangs a third treasure: Assumption of the Virgin Mary (1600), a luminous work by Annibale Carracci that completes the chapel’s…

  • Caravaggio’s Death of the Virgin Rejection

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    Much has been written about Caravaggio’s Death of the Virgin and its rejection by the Barefoot Carmelites. However, did you know that the painter chosen replace Caravaggio was also rejected on his first attempt?The Venetian painter Carlo Saraceni also depicted the Virgin dead; though she appeared less lifeless than in Caravaggio’s version. He modified the…