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image of The Assumption of the Virgin
Nicolas Poussin
French, 1594 - 1665
The Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1626
oil on canvas
Overall: 134.4 x 98.1 cm (52 15/16 x 38 5/8 in.) framed: 171.8 x 135.3 x 13.7 cm (67 5/8 x 53 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.)
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
1963.5.1
From the Tour: Seventeenth-Century French Painting
Object 5 of 8

Exhibition History

1885
Exhibition of the Works of the Old Masters. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1885, no. 172.
1960
Exposition Nicolas Poussin, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1960, no. 7, repro.
1969
In Memoriam, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, unnumbered checklist.
1982
France in the Golden Age: Seventeenth Century French Paintings in American Collections, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, no. 88, repro.
1988
Poussin: The Early Years in Rome, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 1988, no. 68.
1994
Nicolas Poussin, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1994-1995, no. 23, repro. (shown only in London in 1995).
1996
Loan for display with permanent collection, Musée de Grenoble, France, 1996-1997.

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