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Title
Annunciation
Date
1410-1415 ca.
Artist
Artist notes
German sculptor documented from 1399 to 1412
Medium
Maiella stone
Dimensions
Overall: 83×133,5×26,2 cm
Announcing Angel: 83×62,3×24,8 cm
Annunciated Virgin:77,4×71,1×26,2 cm
Announcing Angel: 83×62,3×24,8 cm
Annunciated Virgin:77,4×71,1×26,2 cm
Origin
Long term loan from the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Firenze
Collection
Location
Position
Inventory
Sculture n. 423
Description
Once attributed to the Abruzzese artist Nicola da Guardiagrele, the Annunciation originally adorned a private garden in Tocco da Casauria (Pescara). Likely intended to decorate a doorway – evident from its unfinished back –, the group passed into the hands of two Roman antiquarians in 1904. In 1907, it was acquired by the Italian State for the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence, thus preventing its transfer to the United States.
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