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Relief panel depicting the Annunciation
The Annunciation
Relief panel depicting the Annunciation
Italian (Faenza)
late 15th century
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
Dimensions
Overall: 50.8 x 39.4 cm (20 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.1106.1
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionMolded in relief and decorated in blue, manganese, green and ochre, the figures within an arched architectural setting, framed.
ProvenanceBy 1915, Elia Volpi (b. 1858 - d. 1938), Palazzo Davanzati, Florence; November 21, 1916, Palazzo Davanzati sale, American Art Galleries, New York, lot 152, to David Belasco (b. 1853 - d. 1931), New York [see note 1]. By 1962, Robert C. Bak (b. 1908 - d. 1974), New York; December 7, 1965, Bak sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 37, to Alfred Spero (dealer; b. 1886 - d. 1973), London; probably sold by Spero to Cyril Humphris (dealer), London [see note 2]; February 18, 1975, sold by Humphris to Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2006), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
NOTES:
[1] According to an annotated copy of the 1916 sale catalogue. [2] Humphris worked with Alfred Spero beginning in 1954.
NOTES:
[1] According to an annotated copy of the 1916 sale catalogue. [2] Humphris worked with Alfred Spero beginning in 1954.