The Annunciation
Item
- Alternative Title
- The Annunciation to the Virgin
- Creator
- Follower of the Boucicaut Master (French)
- Subject
- Annunciation, Virgin Mary, Angel Gabriel
- Language
- Latin
- Date
- c. 1410 (Paris, France)
- Description
- The angel Gabriel informs the virgin Mary she is pregnant with the son of God, surrounded by a floral border and figures.
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment
- Extent
- Leaf: 19.1 × 14 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
- Rights Holder
- The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
- Provenance
-
Charles Oswald Hugh Clifford, British, 1887 - 1962 [sold, Catalogue of Fine Western and Oriental manuscripts and Miniatures, Sotheby's, London, December 7, 1953, lot 52, to Maggs Bros.] 1953: Maggs Bros. Ltd.
before 1962: Hans P. Kraus, Sr., American, born Austria, 1907 - 1988
Source: Thirty-five Manuscripts, Catalogue 100, 1962, no 23. until 1983:
Dr. Peter Ludwig, German, 1925 - 1996 and Irene Ludwig, German, 1927 - 2010, sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983.
- Item sets
- Team 6 Items
- Media
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