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The Annunciation, enamel figure group

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An image of Figure group. The Annunciation, part of a reliquary. Gold, enamelled en ronde bosse with opaque white, and translucent blue, red and green enamels, on a later wooden base, height 3.7 cm, width 6.7 cm, circa 1450-1500. European, possibly Burgundian. Late Medieval.

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Figure group. The Annunciation, part of a reliquary. Gold, enamelled en ronde bosse with opaque white, and translucent blue, red and green enamels, on a later wooden base, height 3.7 cm, width 6.7 cm, circa 1450-1500. European, possibly Burgundian. Late Medieval.

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  • Accession Number: M/P.22-1938
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 902 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 121.17kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2010:08:02 16:51:06

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