Title: The Death of the Virgin (The Dormition)
Object type: Altarpiece
Date: late 15th century
Culture: German
Artist: Workshop of Tilman Heysacker 
Artist bio: German, active Cologne 1487–died 1515
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oak
Dimensions: 63 x 73 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (160 x 187.3 x 43.8 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Wood
Credit line: The Cloisters Collection, 1973
Geography: Made in Cologne   Germany      
Department: The Cloisters
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Sadness, term: Apostles, term: Virgin Mary, term: Saints, term: Beds, term: Death of the Virgin