Assumption of the Virgin after Domenico Passignano (recto) by Jean Robert Ango

Assumption of the Virgin after Domenico Passignano (recto) c. 18th century

drawing, red-chalk, pencil

landscape illustration sketch

drawing

toned paper

light pencil work

red-chalk

pen sketch

pencil sketch

figuration

11_renaissance

personal sketchbook

ink drawing experimentation

pen-ink sketch

pencil

france

sketchbook drawing

history-painting

sketchbook art

This red chalk drawing, "Assumption of the Virgin after Domenico Passignano (recto)," by French artist Jean Robert Ango (1759–1773), is a copy of a painting by Domenico Passignano. The work depicts the Virgin Mary ascending into heaven surrounded by angels, while below, a group of figures are witnessing the event. The composition is characteristic of the Baroque period, with dramatic figures and swirling lines. Ango’s drawing is a fine example of his skill in capturing the movement and emotion of the original artwork.

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minneapolisinstituteofart about 1 year ago

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We are grateful to the scholar Miles Chappell for identifying the Roman altarpiece Robert Ango copied in this study of the "Assumption of the Virgin." It is after Domenico Passignano's altarpiece (1604-16) in the Barberini Chapel in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle, Rome.The French artist Robert Ango lived in Rome in the early 1760s and produced countless red chalk drawings copying Italian paintings from the preceding century.