This composition showing the Annunciation is divided in two vertically. At the right an architectural setting is depicted. At the left we see Marie in a sleeping room. The Immaculate Conception is depicted by means of a ray of light containing a small child with a cross. At the tip of the ray of light the Holy Spirit is visualised in the form of a dove.
Specifications
| Title | The Annunciation |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on panel |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 47,2 cm Height 57,4 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Painter:
Meester van de Virgo inter Virgines
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| Accession number | 1568 (OK) |
| Credits | Acquired with the collection of D.G. van Beuningen, 1958 |
| Department | Old Masters |
| Acquisition date | 1958 |
| Creation date | in 1470 - 1500 |
| Collector | Collector / D.G. van Beuningen |
| Internal exhibitions |
Van Eyck tot Bruegel (1994) The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Nederlandsche Kunst van de XVde en XVIde eeuw (1945) Behind the Curtain. Concealment and Revelation since the Renaissance (2016) Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen @ Rijksmuseum (2023) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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All about the artist
Meester van de Virgo inter Virgines
werkzaam/active Delft circa 1465 - 1495
The name of this painter is unknown. We do know that a number of paintings are by him and that he possibly worked in Delft. At the start of the 20th-century,...
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