Death of the Virgin, ca. 1450–1500, Made in France, North French, Alabaster, Overall: 12 15/16 x 16 x 4 9/16 in. (32.9 x 40.6 x 11.6 cm), Sculpture-Stone, This fragment, possibly part of a sculptural retable recounting events from the life of the Virgin Mary, shows the apostles at her deathbed offering a final blessing. The diagonal composition with attendant apostles was popular in German prints and paintings of the fifteenth century
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Death, Virgin, ca, 1450–1500, France, North French, Alabaster, Overall, 12 15/16 x 16 4 9/16, 32.9 40.6 11.6 cm, Sculpture-Stone, fragment, part, sculptural retable, recounting, events, life, Virgin Mary, apostles, deathbed offering, final blessing, diagonal composition, attendant apostles, popular, German prints, paintings, fifteenth century
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