Harvard Art Museums > 1917.213: The Annunciation; The Nativity; The Lamentation over the Dead Christ; above: Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Annunciation; The Nativity; The Lamentation over the Dead Christ; above: Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist (Master of the Orcagnesque Misericordia) , 1917.213,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/232061. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1917.213 People Master of the Orcagnesque Misericordia, Italian (active c. 1350 - 1375) Title The Annunciation; The Nativity; The Lamentation over the Dead Christ; above: Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date third quarter 14th century Places Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/232061 Physical Descriptions Medium Tempera on panel Dimensions 82.5 x 54.3 cm (32 1/2 x 21 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Jean Dollfus, sold [Paris, 1912, no. 63]. [Böhler & Steinmeyer, New York, by 1913], sold; to Edward W. Forbes, February 1917 (on loan since 1913), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1917. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes Accession Year 1917 Object Number 1917.213 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 Edward Waldo Forbes and Laura Howland Dudley, "The Fogg Museum of Harvard University: Primitive Italian Pictures Recently Acquired by the Fogg Museum", Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, August 1913), Vol. 11, No. 64, pp. 35-36, repr. p. 36 Osvald Sirén, Giotto and Some of his Followers, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1917), p. 277, as by Jacopo di Cione Collection of Mediaeval and Renaissance Paintings, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1919), No. 2, as School of Orcagna Edward Waldo Forbes, Yankee Visionary, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1971), p. 34, repr. in b/w p. 35 Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 132 Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), pp. 118, 288, repr. b/w cat. no. 508 Exhibition History Edward Waldo Forbes: Yankee Visionary, Fogg Art Museum, 01/16/1971 - 02/22/1971 Related Works Straus.5676 Artist of original: Silvestro dei Gherarducci X-radiograph(s) of "Annunciation, Nativity, Crucifixion and Entombment" Photographs 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
