Carlo
Saraceni (1580-1620)
The Death of the Virgin
ca. 1606
Oil on canvas
Chapel
of the Assumption, Church of Santa Maria della Scala, Rome
Literature at the church gives the title "Dormition and Assumption of
the Virgin" and attributes the painting to the mannerist architect
Girolamo Rainaldi (1570-1655), but I am assuming this to be the canvas
that famously replaced Caravaggio's Death
of the Virgin, which had been rejected as scandalous by the
Carmelite directors of the church.
More of the Dormition and Assumption
Photographed at the
site by Richard Stracke