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Death of the Virgin

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Death of the Virgin

Date:: ca. 1450–1500
Geography:: Made in France
Culture:: North French
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 12 15/16 x 16 x 4 9/16 in. (32.9 x 40.6 x 11.6 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.190.733

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 305

Description

This fragment, possibly part of a sculptural retable recounting events from the life of the Virgin Mary, shows the apostles at her deathbed offering a final blessing. The diagonal composition with attendant apostles was popular in German prints and paintings of the fifteenth century.
Provenance

J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (until 1917)
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What
Sculpture (24,350)

Stone (7,986)

Marble (2,128)
Where
Europe (148,586)

France (52,276)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,545)
In the Museum
Medieval Art (6,712)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1400–1600 A.D.

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