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Annunciation
German (Upper Rhine)
Medieval (Gothic)
about 1440
Object Place: Europe, Germany, Upper Rhine
Medium/Technique
Alabaster with touches of polychromy
Dimensions
H x W x D: 31.1 x 21 x 8.3 cm (12 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 3 1/4 in)
Weight: 8 lb (3.63 kg)
Updated 11/07/24
Weight: 8 lb (3.63 kg)
Updated 11/07/24
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number43.3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
Description
ProvenanceChurch of Maria Hof, Neidingen (present-day Neudingen), Germany [see note 1]. By 1923, Hugo Benario, Berlin [see note 2]. 1926 (?), art market, Lübeck, Germany [see note 3]. 1926, Béla Hein (b. 1883 - d. 1931), Paris; July 31, 1928, sold by Hein to Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P5010); May 7, 1929, sold by Brummer to H. M. Tovell; December 23, 1929, returned by Tovell to Brummer for credit; February 14, 1930, sold by Brummer to Kleinberger Galleries; May 6, 1931, returned by Kleinberger to Brummer for credit; 1943, sold by Brummer to the MFA for $1,200. (Accession Date: January 14, 1943)
NOTES:
[1] Georg Swarzenski, "A Gothic Alabaster Annunciation," MFA Bulletin, 41 (June 1943), p. 12. This information is also found in notes in the curatorial file. [2] W. F. Volbach, Die Mittelalterlichen Bildwerke der Sammlung Benario (Berlin, 1923), p. 10, cat. no. 12, pl. XIV. [3] The information about the Lübeck art market and Béla Hein is taken from annotations on the reverse of photographs of the object (in MFA curatorial file).
NOTES:
[1] Georg Swarzenski, "A Gothic Alabaster Annunciation," MFA Bulletin, 41 (June 1943), p. 12. This information is also found in notes in the curatorial file. [2] W. F. Volbach, Die Mittelalterlichen Bildwerke der Sammlung Benario (Berlin, 1923), p. 10, cat. no. 12, pl. XIV. [3] The information about the Lübeck art market and Béla Hein is taken from annotations on the reverse of photographs of the object (in MFA curatorial file).