The 'Master of the Johnson Assumption of the Magdalen' is a name proposed for a group of works painted by an Italian artist around 1500 and named after the Assumption of the Magdalen from the Johnson Collection (Philadelphia Museum). Though heavily influenced by Lorenzo di Credi (1459-1537) and assumed to have been his pupil, this elusive master is believed to have a sufficiently distinctive style of built a group of works. Whether or not this work belongs to that group, it is clearly influenced by Lorenzo di Credi, perhaps adding a certain unattractive definition to his style - a shiny polish to the modelling and heaviness to the shadows.

The Virgin is seated on the ground at the centre, with the naked Christ Child on her lap. An older, bearded, Saint John the Baptist kneels to her left and Christ gestures to him. On the right is St Zenobius, a richly dressed bishop, with a red fleur-de-lis on his mitre which is on the ground beside him. At either side are two angels, before trees and a landscape background.