# The Assumption of the Virgin

**Bernardo Daddi** (Italian, 1290–1348)  
1337–38  
Tempera on wood, gold ground  
Framed: 44 1/2 × 56 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (113 × 142.6 × 7 cm) without frame: 42 1/2 × 53 7/8 in. (108 × 136.8 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.58. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/458998).

## About this work

Bernardo Daddi painted this in 1337–38, aged about 44. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Gold ground.** Gold leaf laid over a red clay and burnished to a mirror shine, often tooled with punches so it flickers in candlelight. Behind sacred figures it stands for heavenly light.
- **Tempera.** Pigment bound with egg yolk. It dries in minutes and can’t be blended wet, so painters built up form with fine, hatched strokes. It was Europe’s main panel technique before oil.

### [Bernardo Daddi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/bernardo-daddi)

Italian, 1290–1348; died in Florence

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- The artist was about 44
- Real size: about 43 × 54 in (108 × 137 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 24 × 36 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 14th century
- Subjects: Women, Angels, Virgin Mary, Assumption of the Virgin
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1247.jpg?dl=1
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- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-assumption-of-the-virgin-met-458998).