Assumption of the Madonna, painting on alabaster, Italy, 17th century
Height x width x depth: 85 x 53 x 9 cm ( 63 x 33 cm stone)
painting depicting the apostles resting on the Virgin's sarcophagus witnessing her assumption into Heaven surrounded by angels; copy of the work by the brothers Simone and Giovan Francesco De Magistris. The painting on an alabaster surface has a hole on the back used to illuminate the Madonna's face with a candle.