Title: The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross
Object type: Painting, from the wing of an altarpiece
Date: ca. 1510
Artist:  Hans Schäufelein 
Artist bio: German, Nuremberg ca. 1480–ca. 1540 Nördlingen
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil and gold on fir
Dimensions: 55 x 53 1/8 in. (139.7 x 134.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Karen and Mo Zukerman, Kowitz Family Foundation, Anonymous, and Hester Diamond Gifts, 2011
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Reading, term: Apostles, term: Christ, term: Virgin Mary, term: Bearing the Cross, term: Death of the Virgin