Assumption of the Virgin

Adam Lenckhart

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Although clearly influenced by Titian's altarpiece in the church of the Frari in Venice, this work demonstrates the virtuoso carver's meticulous attention to individual figures and their emotions. As in the adjacent relief, the paper-thin ivory was treated as if it were a canvas altarpiece. Both compositions bear inscriptions on the reverse stating that they served as devotional images for a young Italian nun.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art