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Dormition of the Virgin

painting by El Greco
VisualArtwork painting Q3078569
Dormition of the Virgin
El Greco · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Dormition of the Virgin is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (336 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: El Greco[3]
  • Religion or worldview: Eastern Orthodoxy[4]
  • Movement: Byzantine art[5], Cretan school[6]
  • Genre: religious art[7]
  • Depicts: angel[8], Mary[9]
  • Collection: Syros, Agios Nikolaos in Ermoupolis[10]
  • Location: Ermoupolis[11]
  • Commons category: Dormition of the Virgin by El Greco (Ermoupolis, Syros)[12]
  • Inception: January 1, 1565[13]
  • Main subject: Death of the Virgin[14]
  • Described at URL: https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/greco_el/01/0101grec.html[15]
  • Different from: The Death of the Virgin[16]
  • Height: 61 cm[17]
  • Width: 45 cm[18]
  • Copyright status: public domain[19]

Why It Matters

Dormition of the Virgin has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

El Greco public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Edlcelyya · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Depicts → angel, Mary
    Location → Ermoupolis
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'it', 'ja', 'pl', 'pt', 'sl']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Depicts: angel"
  2. 12w ago · Spartacos31 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Width → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+45'}
    Instance of → —
    Genre → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Religion or worldview: Eastern Orthodoxy"
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