Virgin Mary: Annunciation, Book of Hours
Item
- Alternative Title
-
Book of hours (Ms. Pierpont Morgan Library. M.189)
- Creator
- Unknown, Paris, France.
- Subject
- The annunciation of the Virgin Mary, with the archangel Gabriel.
- Language
- Latin
- Date
- c. 1500
- Description
- Archangel Gabriel, holding a scepter, kneels before Virgin Mary, beneath a curtained canopy inscribed AVE GRATIA PLENA.
- Medium
- Ink on vellum.
- Extent
- Unknown.
- Rights Holder
- The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, New York
- Provenance
- Richard Bennett, his bookplate, his Catalogue, no. 72; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) with the Bennett Collection in 1902; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943)
- Item sets
- Team 6 Items
