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The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross  1510

by Hans Leonhard Schäufelein

Front label: [br] This large, double-sided panel is one of four that formed the wings of a folding triptych. When open, the altarpiece showed episodes from the Life of the Virgin Mary—here her death, or dormition. Dürer’s influence is evident in the humanity conveyed in the individualized heads of the apostles and their concentrated mood of quiet sorrow. Schäufelein wa...
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Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art