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Summary

The Annunciation (

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Artist

Stefano d'Antonio di Vanni (1405 - 1483) – Artist (Italian)
Details on Google Art Project

Title

The Annunciation

Object type

painting

Date

ca. 1430 (Renaissance)

Medium

tempera and gold leaf on panel

English: tempera and gold leaf on panel

Dimensions

height: 164.40 mm (6.47 in); width: 144.70 mm (5.69 in)

Collection

Walters Art Museum

	Native name	Walters Art Museum
	Location	Baltimore , United States of America
	Coordinates	39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W
	Established	1934
	Website	thewalters.org
	Authority file	: Q210081 VIAF : 128918374 ISNI : 000000040373611X ULAN : 500279110 LCCN : no00096900 GND : 16029354-6 WorldCat

Current location

Level Charles Street: Third Floor ( Details of level on Google Art Project ) room 13th-15th Century Italian Art ( Details of room on Google Art Project )

Accession number

37.448

Object history

English: Stefano Bardini Collection, prior to 1890 [mode of acquisition unknown] [cited in Fiorenza Scalia, La citta degli Uffizi-Florence, 1982, p.46 with 1890 photo of Bardini Gallery showing this painting]; Lawrence W. Hodson, Wolverhampton, Compton Hall, England [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Christie's, London, June 25, 1906, no. 187 [as early Italian school]; C. Fairfax-Murray, London and Florence, 1907 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase [Bernard Berenson as agent]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions

English: [Transcription] In the halo of the archangel, counter-clockwise: AVE.MARIA.GRATIA.PLENA.DNS.TECV; [Transcription] In the halo of the Virgin, clockwise: ECCE ANCILLA.DOMINI.FIAT.M$M.; [Transcription] On the book lying near the door: FEMIA / CIRCI / DABIT / VIRV[M] / IEREM / IA PHA / 31; [Transcription] On the book held by the Virgin: ECCE VIR / GO CONC / IPIET.; [Transcription] Across the base of the main panel, on the frame dividing it from the predella: O BENE FECVNDA VIRGINITAS QVE NOVO I[N]AVDITOQ[U]E GENERE ET MATER DICI POSSIT ET VIRGO.

Notes

More info at museum site

Source/Photographer

-wGSQda01U2QWw at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level

Licensing

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