The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Greek School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Gesso on panel
Measurements
32 mm (Depth); 698 mm (H); 620 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1336240
Summary
Gesso on panel, The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Greek School, 17th century. Icon/Byzantine. Shows Mary lying in a coffin, surrounded by saints and angels. With some Greek text. In a black frame with roughened, speckled gold surround.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor by Charles Paget Wade (1883 - 1956) in 1951
Makers and roles
Greek School, artist