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Assumption of the Virgin miniature (MS M.879).

Accession number
MS M.879
Object title
Assumption of the Virgin miniature (MS M.879).
Display Date
ca. 1550.
Created
Venice, Italy, ca. 1550.
Credit line
Purchased from Maggs, Sep. 4, 1956.
Description
1 leaf : vellum, ill. ; 220 x 170 mm
Provenance
Purchased from Maggs, September 4, 1956.
Notes
Ms. single leaf (cutting), illuminated in Italy, probably Venice, ca. 1550.
Decoration: 1 miniature depicting the Assumption of the Virgin.
The lower section of the miniature's composition was derived from Dürer's 1510 woodcut of the Assumption of the Virgin [see Dürer in America, p. 183, no. 153, illus.]; one figure was derived from a painting of the Assumption by Titian in the Frari, Venice [commissioned in 1516].
Glued on convex worm-eaten board, set into deep mat. Traces of framing marks along margins, many areas with paint chipped off to expose bare vellum. No indications of ruling for staves on verso.
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