That artwork on this theme shows many figures on different levels and was painted di sotto in su for Parma Cathedral by Correggio.
One version of this scene for the Church of Sant'Antonio dei Servi shows a kneeling Margaret of Cortona; that painting by Andrea Del Sarto is in the Pitti Palace and is across from another of Sarto's paintings on this theme. The most notable artwork on this theme stands in an altarpiece in the Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. A fresco on this theme by an artist born Antonio Allegri includes four saints standing in seashells that hold up the base of a structure. That artwork on this theme shows many figures on different levels and was painted di sotto in su for Parma Cathedral by Correggio. God looks from above as the title figure stands on some clouds in a version of this scene that shows putti holding up the heavens. That version includes suffuse golden light to represent the heavens and was painted by Titian. For 10 points, name this Biblical event, which shows Mary ascending into heaven.
One version of this scene for the Church of Sant'Antonio dei Servi shows a kneeling Margaret of Cortona; that painting by Andrea Del Sarto is in the Pitti Palace and is across from another of Sarto's paintings on this theme.
Assumption of the Virgin