Assumption of the Virgin

Jacopo Sansovino (Jacopo Tatti)

ca. 1560 · Copper alloy with a warm light brown patina under a dark brown lacquer or wax. · Robert Lehman Collection

This plaquette depicting the Assumption of the Virgin is attributed to a follower of the sculptor and architect Jacopo Sansovino. A comparable plaquette was formerly in the Gutekunst collection in Stuttgart. The Lehman work is a thick and heavy cast.

Artist

Jacopo Sansovino (Jacopo Tatti)

Date

ca. 1560

Medium

Copper alloy with a warm light brown patina under a dark brown lacquer or wax.

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975