Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Annunciation
Image View:
Detail, the angel Gabriel enters through garden
Creator:
Gentile da Fabriano (Italian painter, ca. 1370-1427)
Location:
repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 40601
Location Note:
Pinacoteca, Room II
GPS:
41.906389 12.454444
Date:
ca. 1425 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
painting
Material:
tempera paint with gold gilding on wood panel
Technique:
gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
41 cm (height) x 48 cm (width)
Description:
This small panel, which combines the rigour of perspective construction with embellishments of pronounced courtly inspiration, is generally dated to around the year 1425, the year in which the painter, en route to Rome at the invitation of Pope Martin V Colonna (1417-51), spent a period of residence in Florence, where he was to create some of his greatest masterpieces. (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://mv.vatican.va /)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-GENTILE-VM-A-02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Annunciation