Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Assumption of the Virgin
Germany (Augsburg)
- Date
- c. 1490–1500
- Medium
- Hand-colored woodcut
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Apostles pray in wonder as angels take the Virgin from her tomb and lift her to heaven. The publisher of this woodcut has taken more shortcuts than the one who published the Crucifixion with the decorated borders seen nearby. There the haloes remain untarnished because they are truly gilded. Here they have tarnished because they were highlighted with a cheaper material such as tin. Germany, Europe
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