Dormition of the Virgin, with an Epitaph
Workshop of
Michel Wolgemut
(German, 1434–1519)
about 1493
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions205.5 x 111.5 cm (80 7/8 x 43 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the children of Mrs. Samuel Dennis Warren in memory of their mother
Accession number03.610
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1479 until the 17th century, church of St. Sebald, Nürnberg (original commission) [see note 1]. 1898, Santangelo collection, Naples; 1898, Santangelo sale, lot 143, sold to Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860), Lewes, England, on behalf of his mother, Susan Cornelia (Mrs. Samuel Dennis) Warren (b. 1825 - d. 1901), Boston; January 8, 1903, Mrs. S. D. Warren sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 120, not sold; 1903, gift of the children of Susan Cornelia (Mrs. Samuel Dennis) Warren to the MFA. (Accession date: January 13, 1903)
NOTES:
[1] Its inscription honoring Hedwig Volckamer (d. 1479), this is one of four painted epitaphs that were displayed above the tomb of the Volckamer family near the south transept of St. Sebald, Nürnberg. Still in situ in 1623, they were removed at some later point during the 17th century, perhaps by members of the Volckamer family. See Gerhard Weilandt, "Die Ausstattung der Sebalduskirche in Nürnberg im Zeitalter der Gotik und Renaissance. Eine Topographie der Bilder" (forthcoming; manuscript copy in MFA curatorial file).
NOTES:
[1] Its inscription honoring Hedwig Volckamer (d. 1479), this is one of four painted epitaphs that were displayed above the tomb of the Volckamer family near the south transept of St. Sebald, Nürnberg. Still in situ in 1623, they were removed at some later point during the 17th century, perhaps by members of the Volckamer family. See Gerhard Weilandt, "Die Ausstattung der Sebalduskirche in Nürnberg im Zeitalter der Gotik und Renaissance. Eine Topographie der Bilder" (forthcoming; manuscript copy in MFA curatorial file).
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Unidentified artist, German, 15th century
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Unidentified artist, British, 18th century or first quarter 19th century
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