Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Annunciation (altarpiece from Orsanmichelle)

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Annunciation (altarpiece from Orsanmichelle)
Image View: 
Detail, predella of three panels
Creator: 
attributed to Mariotto di Nardo (Italian painter, active ca. 1394-1424); unknown (Italian)
Location: 
repository: Galleria dell'Accademia (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 6098
Location Note: 
58-60 via Ricasoli
GPS: 
+43.77694+11.25873
Date: 
ca. 1350; additions, ca. 1400 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1: 
altarpiece
Work Type 2: 
panel painting
Classification: 
painting
Material: 
tempera; gilding; wood panel
Technique: 
gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
Description: 
Originally the painting hung on the pilaster assigned to the Carpenter Guild in Orsanmichele; the guild protectoress was the Virgin of the Annunciation. The iconography of the Annunciation with the figure of Mary standing is relatively rare and first appears in the 12th century. The cusp or pinnacle panels are the Prophets Isaiah and Daniel; the predella panels are the Adoration of the Shepherds, Adoration of the Magi and the Presentation in the Temple. The main scene was painted ca. 1350 in the style of Andrea Buonaiuti, while the two prophets above and the predella are later, attributed to an early phase of Mariotto di Nardo (ca. 1388-1424). (Source: Galleria dell'Accademia (Florence) [website]; http://www.accademia.org/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A3-M-AG-AO-A08
Rights: 
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