Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Annunciation [from Lucca]
Alternate Title:
Annunciation
Image View:
Detail, Angel Gabriel
Creator:
unknown (Italian artist)
Location:
repository: Bode Museum (Berlin, Berlin (state), Germany)
Location Note:
Museum Island
GPS:
52.521944 13.394722
Date:
ca. 1500 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
altarpiece
Work Type 2:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
painting
Material:
oil paint; poplar wood; gilding
Technique:
carving (processes); oil painting (technique)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Angels; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; parrots; birds
Description:
The altarpiece is known to have come from Lucca, and was acquired by the museum in 1821. A framed panel painting made of poplar, which is a freestanding altarpiece. According to a historical series published in Picture Frame Magazine, these early ""framed panel paintings were made from one piece. The area to be painted was carved out, leaving a raised framing border around the outside edge, like a tray. The whole piece was then gessoed and gilded. Painting the image on the flat panel was the last thing to be done."" (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Eight
Identifier:
7A3-R-BOM-V-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Annunciation [from Lucca]