Study for the Assumption of the Virgin, 1758, Jean-Baptiste Deshays, French, 1703–1770, 19 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. ( x cm) (canvas)27 x 19 x 2 in. ( x x cm) (outer frame), Oil on paper, France, 18th century, In this lively oil sketch, the Virgin Mary ascends into heaven from her tomb, carried by a swirl of angels. Jean-Baptiste Deshays made this work in preparation for a major altarpiece in 1758, on his return to Paris after a four-year stay in Rome. Deshays had recently married the eldest daughter of the important Parisian painter François Boucher (1703–70)

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