Assumption of the Virgin, ca. 1560
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1560
Plaquette in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1975.1.1351), catalogued by the museum's Robert Lehman Collection department under the title “Assumption of the Virgin”.
The museum dates it ca. 1560. It is attributed to Jacopo Sansovino (Jacopo Tatti) (Italian, Florence 1486–1570 Venice). The museum records the medium as Copper alloy with a warm light brown patina under a dark brown lacquer or wax. and the dimensions as 13.4 x 8.5 cm, wt. 599.76 g.. Subject tags assigned by the museum: Angels, Virgin Mary. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Copper alloy with a warm light brown patina under a dark brown lacquer or wax.
- Dimensions
- 13.4 x 8.5 cm, wt. 599.76 g.
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Plaquettes
- Maker recorded
- Jacopo Sansovino (Jacopo Tatti)
Identification
- Met object id
- 460880
- Museum object name
- Plaquette
- Museum object number
- 1975.1.1351
Catalogue references
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