ID: 700008931 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008931	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Assumption of the Virgin (painting (visual work); Matteo di Giovanni (Italian painter, ca. 1430-1495, active i...; probably 1474; National Gallery (London, Greater London, England, United Ki...; NG 1155)

Note: Was the central panel of a large altarpiece by Matteo di Giovanni, formerly in S. Agostino, Asciano. The Virgin rises to heaven surrounded by angels music-making, her girdle falls from her waist. It is about to be caught by Saint Thomas, the disciple who doubted that Christ had risen from the dead and who was given this extra proof of the Virgin's Assumption. Christ, accompanied by prophets and ancestors, among them David and John the Baptist, welcomes his mother. The painting, said to have been dated 1474, formed the centre of an altarpiece in S. Agostino, Asciano, near Siena where Matteo di Giovanni worked. Side panels representing Saint Michael and Saint Augustine survive in Asciano. The Annunciation and perhaps other saints were represented on a higher tier of the polyptych.

Titles:

Assumption of the Virgin (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: items

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

altarpiece [300075940]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, religious visual works)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: probably 1474

Creator Display:

Matteo di Giovanni (Italian painter, ca. 1430-1495, active in Siena) [preferred,VP]

painter Matteo di Giovanni (Italian painter, ca. 1430-1495, active in Siena) [500025991]

Locations:

Other: Original: Asciano [7006333] Siena province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: National Gallery (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500125190] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: NG 1155

Credit Line: Bought, 1884

Address Note: Room 59

Display Materials: tempera and gold on wood

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

Dimensions: 331.5 x 174 cm, 150 kg

Cultures:

Sienese (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Assumption, The [901001007]
	.....((Life of the Virgin Mary, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Saint Thomas Receiving the Virgin Mary's Girdle [901001264]
	.....((Life of Saint Thomas the Apostle, Other Christian narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: Dated and inscribed

Related Works:

	architectural context is .... Sant'Agostino [700008932]
	..........church (building); architect unknown; 13th century, with later modif...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Asciano Altarpiece

Sources and Contributors:
Assumption of the Virgin	........ [VP]
	........ National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Gallery of Art London [online] (2000-) https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/research/meaning-of-making/matteo-di-giovanni-lost-altarpiece-for-sant-agostino-asciano