The Death of the Virgin, Marco Zoppo
Marco Zoppo
The Death of the Virgin
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Marco Zoppo: Dieu le Père dans une mandorle (verso), Feder in Braun auf Papier, 108 x 179 mm. Inv. Nr. RF 29484, Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts graphiques, Cabinet des dessins, Paris

Marco Zoppo

The Death of the Virgin, ca. 1470?


Blatt
148 x 177 mm
Physical Description
Brown ink, framing line with brown ink on all sides, on reddish-tinted ribbed paper, distance of chain lines (vertical) |29|21|34|36|
Inventory Number
3476
Object Number
3476V Z
Acquisition
Acquired in 1847
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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Title
The Death of the Virgin
Draughtsman
Recto
The Lamentation of Christ
Period Produced
School
Object Type
Physical Description
Brown ink, framing line with brown ink on all sides, on reddish-tinted ribbed paper, distance of chain lines (vertical) |29|21|34|36|
Material
Technique
Geographic Reference
Production Reason
Captions Added Later
Bezeichnet unten links mit den Notizen von Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (mit der Feder in Braun, stellenweise über schwarzem Stift, Lugt 3004): David Joris fecit | gebooren Delft 1470 | obit Basel 1556 | hoog 5 ½ | br. 7 (Lugt 3004); Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)
Watermark
  • Dreiberg [?, Fragment]

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain
Acquisition
Acquired in 1847

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre
Main Motif
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Associated Persons and Institutions
Illustrated Passage
  • Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984, S. 584-586

Iconclass

Primary
  • 73E74 the Dormition: Mary on her deathbed; the apostles are gathered around her (John the Evangelist may be shown sleeping or dreaming)
Secondary
  • 73E741 Christ appears and takes Mary's soul ('assumptio animae')

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24.11.2023