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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 6 (Upper Marlay): Italian Art 14th-16th centuries

Titles

Annunciation

Maker(s)

Painter: Spinello Aretino

Entities

Categories

Description

Two panels joined together

Notes

History note: Cavaliere Giuseppe Toscanelli, Pisa, his sale, Florence, 9-23 April 1883 (51) as Lorenzo Monaco

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1893) by Butler, Charles

Note

Formerly attributed to Niccolo di Pietro Gerini

School or Style

Italian
Florentine School

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Egg tempera
Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood)
Roundel Diameter 11.4 cm
Right-hand Panel Height 80.0 cm Width 39.4 cm Width 50.8 cm
Left-hand Panel Height 80.0 cm Width 39.6 cm Width 50.8 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Tempera on panel

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 550
Primary reference Number: 383
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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