Annibale Carraci, The Assumption of the Virgin: Detail: Hands on the sepulcher

Annibale Carraci
The Assumption of the Virgin

1601
Oil on canvas
Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

St. Peter places his hand on the lip of the sarcophagus while another apostle reaches in.

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Photographed at the basilica by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.