Apocryphicity » Assumption/Dormition http://www.TonyBurke.ca/apocryphicity A weblog devoted to the study of the Christian Apocrypha Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:39:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Life of Mary in two Altarpieces http://www.TonyBurke.ca/apocryphicity/2008/07/11/life-of-mary-in-two-altarpieces/ http://www.TonyBurke.ca/apocryphicity/2008/07/11/life-of-mary-in-two-altarpieces/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:08:11 +0000 Tony http://www.TonyBurke.ca/apocryphicity/2008/07/11/life-of-mary-in-two-altarpieces/ Education of Mary by her mother Anna.While in Paris last week, I visited the Musée National du Moyen Age. The museum is situated in the Latin Quarter of Paris, combining two earlier buildings: Gallo-Roman baths (1st-3rd cent.) and the former residence of the abbots of Cluny (15th cent.).

The museum itself was founded in 1843 and contains works of art assembled by Alexandre Du Sommerard. I found two pieces particularly interesting: A 14th cent. altar front with scenes of the life of Mary (including her education by her mother Anna), and a tryptich of the Assumption of the Virgin from the 16th cent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assumption of the Virgin.

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