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The Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin (center panel)

(Italian (Sienese), active about 1334–1363)
(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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
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.
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