Manuscript Leaf with the Assumption of the Virgin in an Initial V, from an Antiphonary

Niccolò di ser Sozzo, ca. 1340

Artist

Niccolò di ser Sozzo (Italian, Siena, active ca. 1334, died 1363)

Date

ca. 1340

Culture or place

Italian

Medium

Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment

Size

Overall: 22 5/8 x 15 7/8 in. (57.5 x 40.4 cm) Illumination: 7 3/16 x 5 3/16 in. (18.2 x 13.1 cm) stave ht.: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm) Mat size: 27 15/16 x 22 in. (71 x 55.9 cm)

Type

Manuscripts and Illuminations

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed