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Annunciation
Pair of Angels re-carved into an Annunciation
Annunciation
Attributed to: Andrea Bregno (Italian, 1418–1503)
Italian, Rome
Renaissance
late 15th century
Object Place: Europe, Italy
Medium/Technique
Stone; marble
Dimensions
Overall: 52.1 x 104.1cm (20 1/2 x 41in.)
Mount (Two steel angle flat rods / two slotted keyholes/two wall tabs): 59.7 x 3.8 x 0.6 cm (23 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Mount (Two steel angle flat rods / two slotted keyholes/two wall tabs): 59.7 x 3.8 x 0.6 cm (23 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund
Accession Number49.474a
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionSee parts 49.474a-e. Marble relief. Virgin and Angel, standing, in high relief; delicately engraved lecturn with book between them.
ProvenanceHelen Hay Whitney (b. 1875 - d. 1944), New York; February 7, 1946, posthumous Whitney sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 427, to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. N6546); April 23, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 756, to the MFA for $1400. (Accession Date: May 12, 1949)
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