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ASSI'MI'TION Hall, Liverpool, Eng ; canvas, H. 8 ft. x 5 works. Vasari, ed. Mil., iii. Mt C. Si C., ft. 4 in. The Virgin soars upward, with her N. Italy, iii. 207. left hand raised ; sis cherubs at her feet By Pietro 1'eruginn, Florence Academy ; and many heads above ; seven Apostles wood, arched, H. 13 ft, 4 in. x 7 ft 9 in. ; around sarcophagus, which contains a white signed, dated 1500. The Virgin seated in rose. Formerly in Capuchin Convent, clouds, surrounded by seraphs and a choir Genoa ; bought at Walsh Porter sale (1810), 730. Curtis, 140. By Muri/ln, Earl of Northbrook, London ; can- vns, octagonal, 1 ft. 1 in. x 1 ft. 1 in. The Virgin upborne ou clouds ; be- low, the twelve Apostles and two Marys around the open tomb. Stirling, iii. 1419 ; Waagen, Treas- ures, ii. 181 ; Curtis, 139. By Murillo, Sir Kichard Wallace, Bart., London ; canvas, about 2 ft. (5 in. x 2 ft. The Virgin seated ou clouds, surrounded by cherubs ; below, the sar- cophagus, with the three Marys kneeling behind it; five Apostles on left, and seven on right. From Stowe collection. Curtis, 140 ; Waageu, Treasures, ii. 153. By Murillo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; canvas, H. G ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 9 in. The Virgin, standing on clouds, with right hand outstretched ; below, thir- teen cherubs ; above, ten heads. From Houghton /-i n i i . , Assumption, Rubtni, Antwerp Cathedral. Gallery; appraised at 700 when Lord Orford's pictures were sold to | of angels playing instruments ; above, the Empress of Russia. Engraved by Val. Eternal, with seraphs and angels ; below, Greene in 1766. Curtis, 140 ; Cat. Hermi- Cardinal S. Bernardo degli Uberti, S. Gio. tage, 130. (iualberto, St. Benedict, and Archangel By Pietro Peruyino, Cappella Rabatta, Michael. Painted for church at Vallom- SS. Annunziata de' Servi, Florence, painted brosa ; removed to Academy in 1810 on about 1502. Not one of the master's best suppression of monastery by the French