File:Masolino Annunciation.jpg

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The Annunciation (c. 1423-1424). Tempera on panel, 148.8 x 115.1 cm (58.5 x 45.3 in). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Summary

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Masolino da Panicale: The Annunciation  wikidata:Q3618180 reasonator:Q3618180
Artist
Masolino da Panicale  (1383–1447)  wikidata:Q318117 q:it:Masolino da Panicale
 
Masolino da Panicale
Alternative names
Masolino da Panicale; Tommaso di Cristoforo Fini
Description Italian painter and artist
Date of birth/death circa 1383
date QS:P,+1383-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 circa 1440
date QS:P,+1440-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Location of birth/death Panicale di Valdarno Florence Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Florenz, Castiglione d'Olona, Rome
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q318117
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Annunciation Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Mary Edit this at Wikidata
Date between 1423 and 1424
date QS:P571,+1423-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1423-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1424-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium tempera on panel
medium QS:P186,Q175166;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
with and possibly oil glazes
Dimensions height: 148.8 cm (58.5 in); width: 115.1 cm (45.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,148.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,115.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q214867
Current location
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 04; Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Accession number
1937.1.16
Object history ca. 1426 Altar piece for the Guardini Chapel on the left side of the rood screen for San Niccolo, Oltrarno, Florence; ca. 1567 (date of the demolition of the rood screen) transferred to the altar of the other chapel of the Guardini family in the same church; 1576 moved to the Sacristy and replaced by the Annunciation altarpiece newly painted by Alessandro Fei
possibly Francis Weymss-Charteris-Douglas, 9th earl of Wemyss [1796-1883], Gosford House, Longniddry, Scotland
circa 1886
date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
: inherited by Francis Richard Charteris, 10th earl of Wemyss [1818-1914], Gosford House
1914: inherited by Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th earl of Wemyss, [1857-1937], Gosford House
circa 1915
date QS:P,+1915-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
: purchased by Robert Langton Douglas, London
circa 1916
date QS:P,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
: purchased by Henry Goldman [1857-1937], New York
Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York
26 April 1937: purchased by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
1937: given
Inscriptions on the Virgin's prayerbook [virgo / [c]oncipiet / [e]t p[a]ri[et] / fili[um et vocabitur nomen eius] em[m]anuel / butirum et / mel come / dit u[t] fiat / [rep]roba[re] (Propter hoc dabit Dominus ipse vobis signum. Ecce virgo concipiet, et pariet filium, et vocabitur nomen eius Emmanuel. Butyrum et mel comedet, ut sciat reprobare malum, et eligere bonum]
Notes inscription on the Virgin's prayerbook from Isaiah 7:14-15
References National Gallery of Art
Source/Photographer Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork


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