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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Fra Angelico's Annunciation Diptych
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Fra Angelico's Annunciation Diptych

photographer
Dateafter 1882
Place MadeParis, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
MediumGelatin silver print
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.008281
eMuseum ID730457
Other Numberv.2.b.4.38.x
EmbARK ObjectID34039
TMS Source ID17500
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
MarksNotesTypewritten in blue ink (on verso, upper left): Fra Angelico, Giovanni da Fiesole, / 1387-1455. / The Annunciation, Diptych. / Size of each panel. 12 by 10 inches. / From the Hamilton Palace Collection, 1882, / Engraved in the Catalogue. / Collection of Mr. Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1882. Enclosed in The Rhythm of the Celestial Country by Bernard de Borlaix, 1865 (v.2.b.4.38).