Assumption of the Virgin (Reni, Lyon)

Painting by Guido Reni

Assumption of the Virgin is a 1637 oil on canvas painting by Guido Reni, now in the musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, which acquired it in 1805. It originally had a semi-circular panel above it showing God the Father - this is now in Bologna.

The Assumption was a recurring theme in Reni's work. This work was commissioned by Luigi Capponi, archbishop of Ravenna, to decorate one of the chapel altars in the Philippine church in Perugia.

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List of works
Paintings	Portrait of Beatrice Cenci (c. 1600; attribution) The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine (c. 1606) Charity (Florence; c. 1611) Massacre of the Innocents (1611) Aurora (1614) Saint Sebastian (Rome, c. 1615) Four Seasons (c. 1617–1620) Risen Christ (1620) The Flight into Egypt (c. 1622) Jesus Meets John the Baptist (c. 1622) St. Francis in Ecstasy (c. 1622) Atalanta and Hippomenes (1620–1625) Cupids Fighting Putti (c. 1625) The Abduction of Helen (1628–1629) Charity (New York; c. 1629–1630) Saint Sebastian (Auckland; c. 1625) Annunciation (c. 1629) Palla della Peste (1631–1632) Saint Matthew and the Angel (c. 1635) Assumption of the Virgin Castelfranco Emilia, 1627 Lyon, 1637 Munich, c. 1638–1639 Saint Sebastian (London; 1620–1639) Fortuna (c. 1637) The Rape of Europa (1637–1639) Polyphemus (1639–1640) Saint Joseph with the Christ Child (c. 1625–1630; 1635, c. 1640) Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1642)
Related	Bolognese School

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