The Assumption of the Virgin (after Botticelli)
Florentine engraving of the XVth Century; in the “ Broad Manner”
One of the recent acquisitions of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
“The original design, whether drawing or painting, from which this engraving
was taken, must have been among the grandest and most vigorous works of the
last period of Botticelli’s art.” (Herbert P. Horne.)
Size of the original engraving, 32% X 2214 inches
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