Roque de Balduque
The Cáceres Altarpiece: Detail, the Assumption

1547-51
Cáceres Cathedral, Cáceres, Spain

This is one the rare Assumptions that place the Virgin Mary on a crescent moon. It is the central image in the altarpiece.

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