The ''Assumption Altarpiece'' was a 1529-1530 multi-panel painting by Moretto da Brescia. It is mainly oil on panel, although the two angels on the cornice are in tempera grassa verniciata. The whole work was originally in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Gardone Val Trompia but was split up in 1805 and moved to the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan. All the panels remained there until 1812, when the two lower side panels (''St Bonaventure and St Anthony of Padua'' and ''St Bernardino of Siena and St Louis of Toulouse'') and three other paintings (one each by

Boltraffio Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (or Beltraffio) (1466 or 1467 – 1516) was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance from Lombardy, who worked in the studio of Leonardo da Vinci. Boltraffio and Bernardino Luini are the strongest artistic personal ...

, Marco d'Oggiono and Carpaccio) were given to the Louvre in exchange for two paintings by Van Dyck and one each by

Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens (; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque traditio ...

Jordaens Jacob (Jacques) Jordaens (19 May 1593 – 18 October 1678) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer known for his history paintings, genre scenes and portraits. After Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, he was the leading Fle ...

and

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally consid ...

.Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, p. 223

Panels

Cornice

*''Two Angels''

Upper register

*'' Saint Jerome and St Paul'' *''Assumption of the Virgin'' *''St Catherine of Alexandria and St

Clare of Assisi Clare of Assisi (born Chiara Offreduccio and sometimes spelled Clara, Clair, Claire, Sinclair; 16 July 1194 – 11 August 1253) was an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladie ...

Lower register

*''St Bonaventure and St

Anthony of Padua Anthony of Padua ( it, Antonio di Padova) or Anthony of Lisbon ( pt, António/Antônio de Lisboa; born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231) was a Portuguese people, Portuguese Catholic Church, Catholic priesthood (Cath ...

'' *''St Francis of Assisi'' *''St Bernardino of Siena and St Louis of Toulouse'' File:Santi Girolamo e Paolo (Moretto).jpg, ''St Jerome and St Paul'' File:Sante Caterina d'Alessandria e Chiara (Moretto).jpg, ''St Catherine of Alexandria and St Clare of Assisi'' File:Moretto, santi bonaventura e antonio.jpg, ''St Bonaventure and St

'' (Louvre) File:San Francesco d'Assisi (Moretto).jpg, ''St

Francis of Assisi Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Francesco d'Assisi; – 3 October 1226), was a mystic Italian Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most venerated figures in Christianit ...

'' File:Moretto, santi bernardino e ludovico.jpg, ''St Bernardino of Siena and St Louis of Toulouse'' (Louvre)

References

Bibliography (in Italian)

*Camillo Boselli, ''Il Moretto, 1498-1554'', in "Commentari dell'Ateneo di Brescia per l'anno 1954 - Supplemento", Brescia 1954 *Pietro Da Ponte, ''L'opera del Moretto'', Brescia 1898 *Luigi Falsina, ''Gemme artistiche triumpline'', in "La valle Trompia", anno 7, Brescia 1930 *György Gombosi, ''Moretto da Brescia'', Basel 1943 *Valerio Guazzoni, ''Moretto. Il tema sacro'', Brescia 1981 *Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, ''Alessandro Bonvicino - Il Moretto da Brescia'', Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1988 *Adolfo Venturi, ''Storia dell'arte italiana'', volume IX, ''La pittura del Cinquecento'', Milano 1929 {{Moretto da Brescia Paintings by Moretto da Brescia Paintings of the Assumption of the Virgin Paintings of Francis of Assisi Paintings depicting Paul the Apostle Paintings of Catherine of Alexandria category:Paintings of Saint Bonaventure Paintings of Louis of Toulouse Paintings of Jerome Paintings of Anthony of Padua Paintings of Clare of Assisi Paintings of Bernardino of Siena Paintings in the Louvre by Italian artists Paintings in the Pinacoteca di Brera 1530 paintings Altarpieces Angels in art