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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of The Assumption of the Virgin
Studio of Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish, 1577 - 1640
The Assumption of the Virgin, probably mid 1620s
oil on panel
Overall (image only, without wooden shims): 123.5 x 92 cm (48 5/8 x 36 1/4 in.) overall (with wooden shims): 125.4 x 94.4 cm (49 3/8 x 37 3/16 in.) framed: 157.5 x 125.7 x 8.3 cm (62 x 49 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
Samuel H. Kress Collection
1961.9.32
From the Tour: Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Object 7 of 8

1857Waagen 1857, 240, as by one of Rubens' workshop assistants.
1888Rooses 1896-1892, 2(1888): 179.
1950Burchard, Ludwig. A Loan Exhibition of Works by Peter Paul Rubens, Kt.. Exh. cat. Wildenstein & Co., London, 1950: 2.
1953Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert. Olieverfschetsen van Rubens. Exh. cat. Museum Boymans-van Beuningen. Rotterdam, 1953: 71.
1956Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection. Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1951-1956. Washington, D.C., 1956: 156, no. 60, repro.
1956Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Colllection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1951-56. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida and Fern Rusk Shapley. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1956: 156, no. 60, repro.
1959Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 293, repro.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 118.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 105, repro.
1972Baudouin, Frans. "Altars and Altarpieces before 1620." In John Rupert Martin, ed. Rubens before 1620. Princeton, 1972: 71, attribution questioned.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 314, repro.
1977Eisler, Colin. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian. Oxford, 1977: 111-112, no. K1871, fig. 100, as after Rubens.
1980Held, Julius S. The Oil Sketches of Peter Paul Rubens. A Critical Catalogue. 2 vols. Princeton, 1980: 1:514, as a copy.
1984Freedberg, David. Rubens, the Life of Christ after the Passion (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part 7). London, Oxford, and New York, 1984: 180-181, no. 43b, repro., fig. 100, as a copy after print by Schelte à Bolswert.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 252, no. 318, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 361, repro.
1993Broos, Ben. Intimacies & Intrigues: History Painting in the Mauritshuis. The Hague, 1993: 305, as a copy after print by Schelte à Bolswert.
1997Mittler, Gene and Rosalind Ragans. Understanding Art. New York, Ohio, California, and Illinois, 1997: 186, no. 12-4, repro.
2005Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2005: 218-222, color repro.

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