Manuscript Leaf with the Assumption of the Virgin in an Initial V, from an Antiphonary
Niccolò di ser Sozzo
ca. 1340 · Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment · Medieval Art
The Assumption of the Virgin, celebrated on August 15, is an especially important holiday in Siena. Niccolò di ser Sozzo, one of the city's renowned fourteenth-century illuminators, painted it on numerous occasions. The Virgin Mary, in a diaphanous gown, rises effortlessly as choirs of angels guide her path.
- Artist
- Niccolò di ser Sozzo
- Date
- ca. 1340
- Medium
- Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment
- Culture
- Italian
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Louis L. Lorillard, 1896, transferred from the Library