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The Annunciation

Orley, Bernart van (painter)

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Title/s

The Annunciation

Maker/s

Orley, Bernart van attributed to (painter) [ULAN info: Flanders painter and draughtsman, ca.1492-1542]

Category

painting

Name

painting

School/Style

Dutch

Production Notes

Formerly attributed to Flemish School, early 16th Century.

Technique Description

oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 68.0 cm
width: 54.0 cm

Date

circa 1517

Provenance

bequeathed: Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount 1816 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints)

Documentation

1. (2005) Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum, London: Scala [page: 26]
2. Earp, F.R. (1902) A Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Cambs.) [page: 18, 20]
3. (1912) The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, London? [page: 20]
4. (1929) The Principal Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1929), London? [page: 22]
5. Gerson, Horst (1960) Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. I, Dutch and Flemish, Cambridge (Cambs.) [page: 39]
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Accession Number

98 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(Reference Number: 1096; Input Date: 2000-01-17 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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