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Object Details
Title:
The Assumption of the Virgin
Artist/Maker:
Unknown
Culture:
German
Place:
Hildesheim, Germany (Place created)
Date:
probably 1170s
Medium:
Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment
Dimensions:
Leaf: 28.2 x 18.9 cm (11 1/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
In an oval mandorla, Jesus gently leads his mother the Virgin Mary to heaven, where she will be crowned. Above them, the Lord holds her crown. Angels and Old Testament figures at the sides carry scrolls with passages that Christian commentators have interpreted in relationship to the Virgin Mary. They refer to the Virgin as a beautiful queen and the fulfillment of prophecy.
The full-page miniature prefaces the prayers recited by the priest at Mass on the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin.
Related Works
Exhibitions
The Queen of the Angels (August 15 to November 5, 2000)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), August 15 to November 5, 2000
Things Unseen: Vision, Belief, and Experience in Medieval Manuscripts (July 12 to September 25, 2016)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), July 12 to September 25, 2016