The Annunciation: 1106

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1923) by Fuller, Frederick

Dating

Circa 1442 - 1448

School or Style

Italian Florentine School

People, subjects and objects depicted

• Painting
• The Virgin Mary
• The Archangel Gabriel
• Interiors
• Garden
• Imaginary scenes

Materials used in production

Egg tempera

Components of the work

Support: composed of panel (wood) Frame: Depth 7.2 cm Height 31.9 cm Width 58.5 cm
Panel: Height 27.3 cm Width 54 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Tempera on panel

References and bibliographic entries

• Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum page(s): 14
• [Unknown; Illustrated London News; 1960]
• Studi dal Vero page(s): 21
• The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting page(s): 317
• The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1929) page(s): 53
• Souvenir, Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition 'Italian Art' page(s): 16
• Commemorative Catalogue
• Paolo Uccello, Andrea del Castagno, Domenico Veneziano
• Dismembered Masterpieces
• Das Kunstwerk
• Treasures in Cambridge page(s): 21
• The Nation's Pictures: a guide to the chief national and municipal picture galleries of England, Scotland and Wales
• Fitzwilliam Museum...Handbook and Guide
• Spatial Imagery of the Annunciation in Fifteenth Century Florence page(s): 274
• Italian Pictures of the Renaissance
• The Fitzwilliam Museum, An Illustrated Survey
• Predelle page(s): 152, 155
• Italian Art and Britain (Souvenir) page(s): 9
• Painting in Florence and Siena
• Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Italian School page(s): 46-48
• The Symbolic Architecture of Domenico Veneziano and Piero Della Francesca
• L'Oeil Du Quattrocento page(s): 13
• Mathematics from Manuscript to Print 1300-1600 page(s): 242
• Domenico Veneziano alla mostra degli Uffizi. Appunti e verifiche page(s): 38

Related exhibitions

• Italian Art
• Treasures of Cambridge
• Italian Art and Britain
• Painting in Florence and Siena
• The Angel and the Virgin: A Brief History of the Annunciation
• David Hockney in Perspective

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1106
Primary reference Number: 265
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 2 June 2021 Last processed: Thursday 3 June 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints