Manuscript Leaf with the Assumption of the Virgin in an Initial V, from an Antiphonary – (Niccolò Di Ser Sozzo) Previous Next


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Date: 1340

Size: 58 x 40 cm

Technique: Parchment

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 illuminators of the fourteenth century, painted it numerous times. The Virgin Mary, in a diaphanous gown, rises effortlessly as choirs of angels guide her path.

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