The Annunciation
painter
Unknown
Date1450-1550
Place MadeSouthern Germany, Germany, Europe
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions64.8 x 38.1 cm (25 1/2 x 15 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP28e22
eMuseum ID726680
EmbARK ObjectID10938
TMS Source ID197
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb 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.
BibliographyNotesPhilip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 156-57, ill. (as probably southern Germany, 1450-1550, by a "rough provincial hand"; the composition as derived from Michael Wolegmut's altar in Church of the Holy Cross, Nuremberg)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 257. (as South German, provincial, about 1450-1550; derived from Wolegmut)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 100, ill. (as probably South German, by a "rough provincial hand"; the composition perhaps related to Wolegmut)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 11, 13, fig. 1.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 257. (as South German, provincial, about 1450-1550; derived from Wolegmut)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 100, ill. (as probably South German, by a "rough provincial hand"; the composition perhaps related to Wolegmut)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), pp. 11, 13, fig. 1.
MarksNotesInscribed (on the scroll): words from the beginning of the Ave Maria (Hail Mary) prayer
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Theodor Einstein & Co., Munich for about 280 marks on 16 August 1897 through her husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898).
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