Harvard Art Museums > 1970.44: Annunciation Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Annunciation (Unidentified Artist) , 1970.44,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 04, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/227811. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
