Dormition of the Virgin
Artist: School of Andrey Rublyov (Russian, ca.1360/70-1427/30)
Date: about 1420
Dimensions:
8 3/4 × 7 in. (22.2 × 17.8 cm)
Medium: tempera and gesso on wood
Place of Origin: probably Russia
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1948.76
Label Text:The Dormition, or death, of the Virgin Mary was one of the most frequently depicted subjects in the Byzantine icon tradition in Russia. The icon depicts the Virgin on her deathbed surrounded by the apostles, Christ’s disciples. Above, Christ appears to receive her soul, shown as a swaddled baby—an inversion of depictions of the Virgin with the Christ Child.
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