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The Assumption of the Virgin

ca. 1337–39
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 952
Bernardo Daddi may have trained in the Florentine workshop of Giotto, a pivotal figure in the history of European painting. Daddi fused Giotto’s grandeur and monumentality with a refined grace and lyricism. It has been suggested that while Daddi was responsible for the design of this panel, it was executed by a leading member of his workshop. The panel is likely the upper half of an important altarpiece painted for a chapel in the Cathedral of Prato, near Florence, which houses the highly venerated girdle, or belt, of the Virgin Mary. As evidence of her Assumption, the Virgin lowers her girdle to St. Thomas, whose hands are visible at the panel’s lower edge and who was depicted in the missing lower section of the painting.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Assumption of the Virgin
  • Artist: Bernardo Daddi (Italian, Florence (?) ca. 1290–1348 Florence) (possibly with workshop assistance)
  • Date: ca. 1337–39
  • Medium: Tempera on wood, gold ground
  • Dimensions: Framed: 44 1/2 × 56 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (113 × 142.6 × 7 cm)
    without frame: 42 1/2 × 53 7/8 in. (108 × 136.8 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.58
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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