European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Dormition of the Virgin Predella panel of an altarpiece; companion panels are in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth (AP 1986.03); the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, Florence (Uffizi 1499); and the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco (Kress 289) Made in Italy, Europec. 1425 Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro, also called Fra Giovanni da Fiesole), Italian (active Florence and Rome), first securely documented 1417, died 1455 Tempera and tooled gold on panel with horizontal grain * Gallery 212, European Art 1100-1500, second floor Cat. 15 John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
LabelMary appears infrequently in the Bible, although later Christian writers set down many details of her life and death. In this painting of her funeral, John the Evangelist (on the right) holds the golden palm that an angel brought to Mary to announce her coming death.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
