The dormition of the Virgin
Second half of the XVI century.Not on display
Apparently Walter Vitzthum suggested the present, convincing attribution to Filippo Bellini. It seems indeed a characteristic work, if one compares it with the many drawings reproduced in Monbeig Goguel´s fundamental article on the artist´s activity as a draftsman (1975, pp. 347-370).
Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracc: a century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Virginia, Art Services International, 2008, p.216
