Smoke rises from the background and two putti can be seen grabbing the title figure's legs, possibly helping to support her position on top of a marble structure that bears the opening words to the hymn Our Lady of the Assumption and the artist's signature.
A sculpture by Sansovino inspired the red cloaked, book bearing St. John to the left of the central figure. To the right, St. Francis holds a cross as he gazes over his shoulder. Smoke rises from the background and two putti can be seen grabbing the title figure's legs, possibly helping to support her position on top of a marble structure that bears the opening words to the hymn Our Lady of the Assumption and the artist's signature. A white veil covers the head of the title figure, who balances the Christ child on her hips in, FTP, what piece commissioned for the nuns at San Francesco dei Macci, a painting by Andrea del Sarto that takes its name from the images of monstrous mythical beings that decorate the enigmatic pedestal.
A sculpture by Sansovino inspired the red cloaked, book bearing St. John to the left of the central figure.
Madonna of the Harpies