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Source Description
This scene, from the same altarpiece as the Annunciation (Walters 27.309), combines the Assumption of the Virgin into Heaven with her Coronation. Much of the original paint around the Virgin's nimbus has been preserved. The peculiar bat-like wings of the angels may derive from props used in medieval religious plays.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
33704
label
Assumption of the Virgin
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
33704
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Assumption of the Virgin
description
This scene, from the same altarpiece as the Annunciation (Walters 27.309), combines the Assumption of the Virgin into Heaven with her Coronation. Much of the original paint around the Virgin's nimbus has been preserved. The peculiar bat-like wings of the angels may derive from props used in medieval religious plays.
provenance
Chateau de Bruniquel, Tarn et Garonne, France; Mme d'Ouvrier de Villyby, Paris, by purchase; Ferdinand Schutz, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1450-1490
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
panels (ornament areas)
altarpieces
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
40.5
height
26.2
depth
5.4
dimensionsRaw
15 15/16 x 10 5/16 x 2 1/8 in. (40.5 x 26.2 x 5.4 cm)
style
International Gothic
Source extras
cul
English
med
alabaster, traces of paint
creator_ids
6197
collection_ids
MED
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
e2177fd444826578