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The Assumption of the Virgin is a fresco by the Italian Late Renaissance artist Antonio da Correggio decorating the dome of the Cathedral of Parma Italy. Correggio signed the contract for the painting on November 3 1522. It was finished in 1530.The composition was influenced by Melozzo da Forlì’s perspective and includes the decoration of the dome base which represents the four protector saints of Parma: St. John the Baptist with the lamb St. Hilary with a yellow mantle St.
