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of about 1470 shows the Virgin from the foot of a large bed with the apostles spread around the three sides, and this composition influences many later depictions. Earlier depictions usually follow the standard Byzantine image, with the Virgin lying on a bed or
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across the front of the picture space, with Christ usually standing above her on the far side, and the apostles and others gathered around. Often Christ holds a small figure that may look like a baby, representing Mary's soul.
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were miraculously assembled from their far-flung missionary activity to be present at the death, and that is the scene normally depicted, with the apostles gathered round the bed.
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onward. Although that doctrine avoids stating whether Mary was alive or dead when she was bodily taken up to
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is a common subject in Western Christian art, and is the equivalent of the
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art. This depiction became less common as the doctrine of the
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Pascale, Enrico De; J. Paul Getty Museum (March 2009).
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a tradition dating back to at least the 5th century
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Death of the Virgin (disambiguation)

Death of the Virgin
Hugo van der Goes
Dormition of the Theotokos
Eastern Orthodox
Assumption
Roman Catholic Church
Late Middle Ages
Heaven
a tradition dating back to at least the 5th century
twelve Apostles
engraving
Martin Schongauer
sarcophagus
Death of the Virgin
Caravaggio
Death of the Virgin
Andrea Mantegna
Death of the Virgin
Hugo van der Goes
etching
Rembrandt
art history
Master of the Death of the Virgin
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, Death and Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1370–1375
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini
Engraving by Martin Schongauer, about 1470
Engraving
Martin Schongauer

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