Memento Mori: Sickness and Death in European Art

Plaque with the Death of the Virgin

Gallery 544 · Jean Pénicaud I · early 16th century · Met web page

A painted enamel plaque from early 16th-century Limoges showing the Death of the Virgin. The apostles gather around Mary's deathbed to offer a final blessing.

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Plaque with the Death of the Virgin by Jean Pénicaud I

From gallery 509, walk through gallery 305 and then to gallery 544, where this enamel plaque is displayed among other Renaissance religious works.