The Assumption of the Virgin
c. 1500
Artist, Netherlandish, c. 1469 - 1525


West Building Main Floor, Gallery 39
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on panel
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
painted surface: 21.1 x 16.2 cm (8 5/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
overall (panel): 21.3 x 16.7 cm (8 3/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
framed: 35.5 x 31.1 cm (14 x 12 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1965.1.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Queen Isabel of Castile [d. 1504], castle of Toro, Zamora province. Diego Flores, by 13 March 1505, possibly as agent for Margaret of Austria.[1] Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands [d. 1530], Mechelen.[2] Jules Quesnet, Paris, by 1904.[3] Private collection, Zurich, from c. 1941;[4] (Feilchenfeldt, Zurich, by 1964); purchased 1965 by NGA.
[1] Francisco Javier Sánchez Cantón, "El retablo de la reina Católica," Archivo Español de Arte y Arqueología 6 (1930): 97-103.
[2] Inventories of 1516 and 1524. André Joseph Ghislain le Glay, Correspondence de Maximilien Ier et de Marguérite d'Autriche..., 2 vols., Paris, 1839: 2:481-482.
[3] See Exposition des primitifs français, exh. cat., Paris, Musée du Louvre and Bibliothèque Nationale, 1904: no. 111.
[4] Letter of 31 October 1960 from Mrs. Walter Feilchenfeldt, in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1904
Exposition des primitifs français, Musée du Louvre and Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1904, no. 111, as a follower of the Master of Moulins.
1969
In Memoriam, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, unnumbered checklist.
1991
Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991-1992, no. 42, repro.
1992
Reyes Y Mecenas: Los Reyes Católicos - Maximiliano I y los Inicios de la Casa de Austria en España, Museo de Santa Cruz, Toledo, Spain, March-May 1992, no. 208, repro.
Hispania-Austria: Die Katholischen Könige - Maximilian I und di Anfange der Casa de Austria in Spanien, Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck (part of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna), July-September 1992, no. 53a, repro.
2018
Michel Sittow: Estonian Painter at the Courts of Renaissance Europe, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, 2018, no. 3, repro.
Bibliography
1904
Bouchot, Henri. L'Exposition des primitifs français. Paris, 1904: not paginated, pl. 81.
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Fry, Roger. "The Exhibition of French Primitives." _The Burlington Magazine_5 (1904): 369-370, repro. 371.
Lafenestre, Georges. "L'exposition des primitifs français." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 32 (1904): 127.
1907
Winkler, Friedrich. "Juan de Flandes" and "Zittoz, Miguel." In Thieme-Becker. 37 vols. Leipzig, 1907-1950: 19(1926):278-279, 36(1947):531-533.
1929
Friedländer, Max J. "Neues über den Meister Michiel und Juan de Flandes." Der Cicerone 21 (1929): 249-254, 115-118, 132, pl. 25.
1930
Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier. "El retablo de la Reina Católica." Archivo Español de Arte y Arqueologia 6 (1930): 101-105, 132, pl. 25.
1931
Sánchez, Cantón, Francisco Javier. "El retablo de la Reina Católica (Addenda et corrigenda)." Archivo Español de Arte y Arqueologia 7 (1931): 150.
Winkler, Friedrich. "Master Michiel." Art in America 19 (1931): 247-248, 252, fig. 2.
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1932
H[ulin] de L[oo], [Georges]. In Trésor de l'art flamand du moyen âge au XVIIIme siècle. Mémorial de l'exposition de l'art flamand ancien à Anvers 1930. 2 vols. Paris, 1932: 1:50.
1933
Post, Chandler Rathfon. A History of Spanish Painting. 14 vols. Cambridge, Mass., 1930-1966: 4:35, 38, 470.
1935
Baldass, Ludwig. "The Portraiture of Master Michiel." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 67, no. 389 (August 1935): 77, 78, 81.
1939
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1940
Johansen, Paul. "Meister Michel Sittow, Hofmaler der Königin Isabella von Kastilien und Bürger von Reval." Jahrbuch der königlich Preussischen Kunstsammlungen (Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen) 61 (1940): 2, 16-17, 35, fig. 8.
1943
Winkler, Friedrich. "Neuentdeckte Altniederländer III: Michel Sittow." Pantheon 31 (1943): 98.
1948
Weinberger, Martin. "Notes on Maître Michiel." The Burlington Magazine 90 (1948): 251.
1950
Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier. Libros, tapices y cuadros que coleccionó Isabel la Católica. Madrid, 1950: 188.
1952
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1953
Michel, Edouard. Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue raisonné des peintures du moyen âge, de la renaissance et des temps modernes. Peintures flamands du XVe et du XVIe siècle. Paris, 1953: 182.
1956
Lépicier, Augustin-Marie. L'Immaculée Conception dans l'Art et l'Iconographie. Spa, 1956: 76, pl. 4.
1958
Margareta van Oostenrijk en haar hof. Exh. cat. Mechelen, 1958: 10, under no. 86.
Gaya Nuño, Juan Anotonio. La pintura española fuera de España; historia y catàlogo. Madrid, 1958: 305, no. 2662.
1959
Brans, Jan V. L. Vlaamse Schilders in dienst der Koningen van Spanje. Louvain, 1959: 44, 189.
1961
Goldblatt, Maurice H. Deux grands maîtres français, le maître de Moulins identifés, Jean Perréal, 40 portraits identifiés. Paris, 1961: 42, fig. 18.
1962
Bermejo, Elisa. Juan de Flandes. Madrid, 1962: 11.
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1963
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1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 123.
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1966
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds. A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 1:94-95, color repro.
"Chronique des arts." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 67 (1966): 46, no. 179, repro.
Gudlaugsson, S. J. "Sittow (Zittoz)." In Kindlers Malerei Lexicon. 6 vols. Zurich, 1968: 5:363.
Schiller, Gertrud. Ikonographie der christlichen Kunst. 6 vols. Gütersloh, 1966-1990: 4, pt. 2:151, 257, 423 fig. 743.
1967
Reynaud, Nicole. "Le Couronnement de la Vierge de Michel Sittow." RLouvre 17 (1967): 345-351, fig. 3.
Christie, Manson & Woods. Christie's Review of the Year, October 1966 - July 1967. London, 1967: 25.
1968
Koch, Robert A. Joachim Patinir. Princeton, 1968: 30.
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 110, repro.
1970
Davies, Martin. Primitifs flamands. Corpus. The National Gallery London. 3 vols. Brussels, 1970: 3:9, 11.
Cooke, Hereward Lester. The National Gallery of Art in Washington. Munich and Ahrbeck/Hanover, 1970: 66-67, color fig. 30.
1974
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1975
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1976
Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler. "The Birth and Naming of St. John the Baptist Attributed to Juan de Flandes. A Newly Discovered Panel from a Hypothetical Altarpiece." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 63 (1976): 119, 129, 132, 133, fig. 26.
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1977
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1978
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1981
Demus, Klaus, Friderike Klauner, and Karl Schütz. Kunsthistorisches Museum. Flämische Malerei von Jan van Eyck bis Pieter Bruegel der Ä. Vienna, 1981: 176.
1982
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1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 138, no 134, color repro., as by Miguel Sithium
Bauman, Guy C. "Juan de Flandes." In The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1984: 62; 63 nt.2 under no. 20.
1985
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert. "Paintings by Michiel Sittow Reconsidered." In Rubens and his World. Bijdragen opgedragen aan Prof. Dr. Ir R.-A. d'Hulst. Antwerp, 1985: 8.
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1986
Hand, John Oliver and Martha Wolff. Early Netherlandish Painting. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, 1986: 236-240, color repro. 237.
1991
Brown, Jonathan. The Golden Age of Painting in Spain. New Haven, 1998: 10, fig. 2.
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1994
Stratton, Suzanne L. The Immaculate Conception in Spanish Art. Cambridge, UK: 52-53, fig. 33.
1998
Apostolos-Cappadona, Diane. "Virgin/Virginity." In Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art. Edited by Helene E. Roberts. 2 vols. Chicago, 1998: 2:905.
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1999
Mittler, Gene A., and Rosalind Ragans. Exploring Art. New York, 1999: 80-81, fig. 5.2.
2002
Eichenberger, Dagmar. "The Habsburgs and the Cultural Heritage of Burgundy." In Borchert, Till-Holger. The Age of Van Eyck: The Mediterranean World and Early Netherlandish Painting 1430-1530. Exh. cat. Groeningemuseum, Bruges, 2002. London, 2002: 192-193, fig. 213.
2004
Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 56-57, no. 39, color repro.
2005
Snyder, James. Northern Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, the Graphic Arts from 1350 to 1575. Revised by Larry Silver and Henry Luttikhuizen. Upper Saddle River, 2005: 213, col. fig. 10.27.
2008
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2009
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2011
Weniger, Matthias. Sittow, Morros, Juan de Flandes: Drei Maler aus dem Norden am Hof Isabellas der Katholischen. Kiel, 2011: 55, 74-77, no. 4, fig. 17, 37.
Wikidata ID
Q20174752