The Assumption of the Virgin Mary,

um 1340

Material / Technology / Carrier

Pappelholz

Dimensions of the object

72,5 x 32,5 cm

Displayed

AP OG Kabinett 1-2

Department

Italian Painting

Genre

Painting

Inventory number

WAF 671

Acquisition

Vor 1825 von Kronprinz Ludwig erworben – seit 1923 Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Lippo Memmi, Die Himmelfahrt Mariae, um 1340, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/9pL3QgK4eb (Last updated on 24.03.2025)

In its compositional form, this work is the earliest example of an image type that was to remain normative for Tuscan painting up into the sixteenth century. Set against gold and thus suffused with divine light, Mary ascends towards heaven. The spatial composition of the roundelay of angels as well as naturalistically rendered details testify to the high artistic standards of the master, who was active in Siena.