Pax with the Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin
A pax ("peace" in Latin) is a tablet with an image that was held up by the priest to be kissed by the laity before Communion. Depicted here is the Dormition (the final sleep of the Virgin); Christ holds his mother's soul in the form of an infant. Above, Mary is assumed (take...
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London; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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