Assumption of the Virgin
Artist
Michelangelo di Pietro Membrini
(Italian, active 1489 – 1521)
Dateca. 1498
MediumOil and tempera on wood
DimensionsFramed: 76 5/8 H x 61 7/8 W x 5 D in. (194.6 x 157.2 x 12.7 cm)
Unframed support: 67 1/4 H x 53 1/8 W x 5 7/8 D in. (170.8 x 134.9 x 15 cm)
Unframed support: 67 1/4 H x 53 1/8 W x 5 7/8 D in. (170.8 x 134.9 x 15 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN19
According to Christian legend, the Virgin lowered her sash, or girdle, to Saint Thomas as she ascended to heaven. In the fifteenth century, Northern European paintings, which were renowned for their accuracy and charm in rendering landscape, facial features, and luxury goods like textiles, were prized by the Florentine elite. Here, the Virgin's brocaded dress, the saints' carefully individuated expressions and costumes, and the background vegetation demonstrate this Italian painter's interest in the naturalistic attention paid to detail by his Northern counterparts.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 04
