Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Annunciation

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Annunciation
Image View: 
Detail, panel of Baptism of Christ
Creator: 
Pietro di Miniato (Italian painter, 1366-ca. 1450)
Location: 
repository: Santa Maria Novella (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note: 
Piazza Santa Maria Novella, 18
GPS: 
+43.7746+11.2493
Date: 
ca. 1430-1440 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Late Gothic
Work Type 1: 
fresco (painting)
Classification: 
Paintings
Material: 
pigment on plaster
Technique: 
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects: 
New Testament; Gabriel (Archangel); Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description: 
A large fresco in a side aisle of the nave with an Annunciation and smaller panels below on the life of the Virgin and Christ. Long unattributed, is now identified as the work of Pietro di Miniato.
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
6A1-MINIATO-SMN-A-A06
Rights: 
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