Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Annunciation

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Annunciation
Image View: 
Detail, the Archangel Gabriel and lilies
Creator: 
Andrea della Robbia (Italian sculptor, 1435-ca. 1528)
Location: 
repository: Museo dell'Ospedale degli Innocenti (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note: 
Piazza della Santissima Annunziata
GPS: 
+43.776389+11.261111
Date: 
ca. 1490 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1: 
sculpture (visual work)
Work Type 2: 
tympanum
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
tin-glazed terracotta
Technique: 
casting (process); fabrication attributes: ceramics; molding (forming)
Measurements: 
154 cm (height) x 285 cm (width)
Subjects: 
New Testament; Angels; Gabriel (Archangel); Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; putti; lilies; lunette
Description: 
This has also been attributed to a follower of Andrea. Along with the usual Annunciation iconography, God the Father is seen at upper center, releasing the dove of the Holy Spirit. (Source: Fondazione Federico Zeri (University of Bologna); http://catalogo.fondazionezeri.unibo.it/)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier: 
6A1-ROBBIA-FO-A-A02
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.