1970.44: Annunciation

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1970.44

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Annunciation

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

c. 1430-1470

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/227811

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Polychromed and gilt alabaster

Technique

Carved

Dimensions

41 x 26.5 x 6 cm (16 1/8 x 10 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
with mount: 48.3 x 33 x 8 cm (19 x 13 x 3 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: back of sculpture, now hidden by mount, ink, handwritten, French: Cette sculpture representant l'annonciation est de [ ] [several lines, illegible] /
  Ce marbre été enlévé de la chappelle d'Ambroise, il est par son antiquite tres precieux

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[S. W. Wolsey, London], sold; to private collector, 1955, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1970

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift

Accession Year

1970

Object Number

1970.44

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• "Gothic Sculpture in American Collections: The Checklist: I: The New England Museums", GESTA, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman (1980), vol. XIX, no. 2, no. 13, repr.
• Anita F. Moskowitz, Gothic Sculpture in America, I: The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy W. Gillerman, Garland Publishing, Inc. (New York, 1989), no. 130 p. 164, repr.
• Christiane Prigent, Les Sculptures Anglaises d'Albâtre au musée national du Moyen Age Thermes de Cluny, Paris, Musée National du Moyen Age (Paris, France, 1998), p. 65, under cat. no. 7
• Francis Cheetham, Alabaster Images of Medieval England, Association for Cultural Exchange / Boydell Press (Woodbridge, England, 2003), no. 22, p. 76

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