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Current Location: Gallery 6 (Upper Marlay)

Titles

The Annunciation

Maker(s)

Painter: Martino di Bartolomeo di Biagio

Entities

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Description

Two panels

Notes

History note: 'Mr Murray' (?Charles Fairfax Murray), who sold it in Florence in 1883; Charles Butler

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

15th Century
1402 - 1404

School or Style

Italian
Sienese School

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Egg tempera
Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood)
Angel Gabriel Height 35.8 cm Width 23.4 cm
Virgin Mary Height 35.8 cm Width 24.8 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Tempera with gold on panel

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 553
Primary reference Number: 529

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 20 February 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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