The Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1475 Francesco Botticini (1446 – 1497), Italian The painting served as the altarpiece in the burial chapel in S. Pier Maggiore, Florence, of Matteo Palmieri, a civil servant, depicted kneeling on the left. Opposite him is his widow, Niccolosa, in the habit of a Benedictine nun (the Order which owned the church). The view behind Matteo includes both Florence and Fiesole and also a farm belonging to him; behind Niccolosa there are farms in the hills of Val dElsa which were part of her dowry. The painting was probably made around 1475, the date of Palmieris death. — (National Gallery, London).
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