Annunciation from The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry
Item
- Alternative Title
- Annunciation, folio 30r
- Creator
- The Limbourg Brothers
- Language
- Latin
- Date
- c. 1405-1408/1409
- Description
- Mary, in a blue robe, is met by the angel Gabrielle.
- Medium
- Tempera, gold, and ink on vellum
- Extent
- 9 3/8 x 6 11/16 in. (23.8 x 17 cm)
- Rights Holder
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
- Provenance
- Jean, Duke of Berry d. 1416 (1408/09–d. 1416; item no. 960 in 1413 inventory) ; Yolande, Queen of Sicily and Duchess of Anjou (1417–d.1443) ; Pierre-Gabriel Bourlier, baron d'Ailly (before 1879–sold by 1884) ; Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, Paris (by 1884–d. 1934) ; by descent, Maurice Edmond Charles Rothschild, Paris and Geneva (1936–1954) ; [ Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York (sold 1954)]
- Item sets
- Team 6 Items
- Media
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