NICCOLÒ DI SER SOZZO
(d. 1363, Siena)

The Virgin of the Assumption

1336-38
Illuminated manuscript, 43,6 x 30,5 cm
Archivio di Stato, Palazzo Piccolomini, Siena

The picture shows an illuminated page of the Caleffo dell'Assunta. The illumination, made by Niccolò di Ser Sozzo, a skilled painter having expertise specialised in the production of manuscripts, represents the Virgin of the Assumption with St Thomas receiving the girdle, and Sts Crescenzio, Victor, Savino and Ansano.