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 Assumption, Rubens, Antwerp Cathedral.

Hall, Liverpool, Eng.; canvas, H. 8 ft. × 5 ft. 4 in. The Virgin soars upward, with her left hand raised; six cherubs at her feet and many heads above; seven Apostles around sarcophagus, which contains a white rose. Formerly in Capuchin Convent, Genoa; bought at Walsh Porter sale (1810), £730.—Curtis, 140.

By Murillo, Earl of Northbrook, London; canvas, octagonal, 1 ft. 1 in. × 1 ft. 1 in. The Virgin upborne on clouds; below, the twelve Apostles and two Marys around the open tomb.—Stirling, iii. 1419; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 181; Curtis, 139.

By Murillo, Sir Richard Wallace, Bart., London; canvas, about 2 ft. 6 in. × 2 ft. The Virgin seated on clouds, surrounded by cherubs; below, the sarcophagus, with the three Marys kneeling behind it; five Apostles on left, and seven on right. From Stowe collection.—Curtis, 140; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 153.

By Murillo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 6 ft. 6 in. × 4 ft. 9 in. The Virgin, standing on clouds, with right hand outstretched; below, thirteen cherubs; above, ten heads. From Houghton Gallery; appraised at £700 when Lord Orford's pictures were sold to Empress of Russia. Engraved by Val. Greene in 1766.—Curtis, 140; Cat. Hermitage, 130.

By Pietro Perugino, Cappella Rabatta, SS. Annunziata de' Servi, Florence, painted about 1502. Not one of the master's best works.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. 586; C. & C., N. Italy, iii. 207.

By Pietro Perugino, Florence Academy; wood, arched, H. 13 ft. 4 in. × 7 ft. 9 in.; signed, dated 1500. The Virgin seated in clouds, surrounded by seraphs and a choir of angels playing instruments; above, the Eternal, with seraphs and angels; below, Cardinal S. Bernardo degli Uberti, S. Gio. Gualberto, St. Benedict, and Archangel Michael. Painted for church at Vallombrosa; removed to Academy in 1810 on suppression of monastery by the French