Virgin Annunciate

attributed to Lorenzo di Niccolò, c. 1392 - c. 1412

Scenes of The Annunciation were regularly depicted on the upper parts of large polyptychs, and that accounts for this small roundel, undoubtedly one of a pair with another, which would have shown the archangel Gabriel announcing the Virgin’s conception. When such altarpieces went out of fashion, they were often dismembered and the fragments found their way into private collections.

  • Artwork typepainting, tondi
  • Object numberSK-A-4007
  • Dimensionsdiameter 23.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicstempera on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Virgin Annunciate

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4007

  • Description

    Fragment van een verkondiging aan Maria: halffiguur van Maria met opengeslagen boek in de linkerhand, de rechterhand voor de borst, links de duif van de Heilige Geest die uit een wolk tevoorschijn komt.

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: attributed to Lorenzo di Niccolò, Florence

  • Dating

    c. 1392 - c. 1412

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    tempera on panel

  • Dimensions

    diameter 23.5 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; purchased from the dealer J. Böhler, Munich, by Prof. Dr Otto Lanz (1865-1935), Amsterdam, 1913;{File RMA.} his widow, Anna Theresia Elisabeth Lanz - Willi (1870 - 1954), Amsterdam, 1935; from whom, CHF 2,000,000 and fl. 350,000, with xx other paintings, to Hans Posse (1879-1942), for Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz, through the mediation of the dealer N. Katz, 1941;{Van Os 1978, p. 167.} war recuperation, SNK, 7 November 1945 (inv. no. NK 2336);{Provenance from 1934 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006; MCCP website, file card no. 3898; MCCP website, file card no. 3912.} on loan from the DRVK to the museum, 1952 (inv. no. SK-C-1433); transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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