# Dormition of the Virgin [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ARCIMBOLDO, Giuseppe]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Tapestry, wool and silk, 423 x 470 cm ## Commentary The drawing for the present tapestry was done by Giuseppe Arcimboldo in 1558. Although the scene, represented in the tapestry in a conventional way, contrasts with Arcimboldo's fantastic heads and half-figures, the bordure is quite remarkable. The tapestry representing the death of the Virgin was woven by Giovanni Karcher, a Flemish tapestry weaver active in Italy. He organized with his brother Nicolas Karcher a large workshop for Ercole d'Este II, Duke of Ferrara and Modena. This workshop produced important series of tapestries. Together with seven other wall hangings this tapestry belongs to a series in the Como Cathedral showing scenes from the life of the Virgin and scenes from the Old Testament. ## Related artworks - [Air]() - [Archduchess Anna, Daughter of Emperor Maximilian II]() - [Archduchess Johanna]() - [Autumn]() - [Autumn]() - [Birds]() - [Birds]() - [Birds]() - [Birds]() - [Blackbuck]() - [Blue-Headed Quail-Dove]() - [Bust of a Daughter of Ferdinand I]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()