The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin (center panel)

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The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin (center panel)

Niccolò di Ser Sozzo and (Italian (Sienese), active about 1334–1363)

Francesco Neri da Volterra (Italian (Florentine), active about 1338–died before 1386)

Medium/TechniqueTempera on panel

Dimensions198.0 x 87.3 cm (77 15/16 x 34 3/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Martin Brimmer

Accession number83.175b

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ClassificationsPaintings

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ProvenanceMid-19th century, pinnacles and main panels assembled in a modern frame [see note 1]. 1883, Giuseppe Toscanelli (b. 1828 - d. 1891), Pontedera and Pisa; April 9, 1883, Toscanelli sale, Sambon, Florence, lot 110 [see note 2], to Martin Brimmer (b. 1829 - d. 1891) and Marianne Timmins Brimmer (b. 1827 - d. 1906), Boston; 1883, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Brimmer to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1883)

NOTES: [1] The painted pinnacles and the panels in the main register of this triptych are by different hands. They were assembled in a modern frame around the mid-19th century, before which time their provenance is unknown. For further, see Laurence B. Kanter, Italian Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, 1994), pp. 101-103, cat. 19. [2] Attributed in the catalogue to Bartolo di Fredi.