The Death of the Virgin is a painting completed by the Italian, under Spanish power at the time, Baroque, a Roman art style, master Caravaggio, a naturalistic artist. In the same year, Caravaggio also completed Madonna and Child with St. Anne which can be found in the Borghese Gallery. Both paintings were completed in 1606. This oil canvas was painted for the alter of a chapel in Santa Maria della Scala del Trastevere, a church in Rome.
