Masolino da Panicale: The Annunciation ![reasonator:Q3618180](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Wikidata-Reasonator_small_logo.svg/5px-Wikidata-Reasonator_small_logo.svg.png) |
Artist | Masolino da Panicale (1383–1447) | ![Masolino da Panicale](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/038_le_vite%2C_masolino_da_panicale.jpg/120px-038_le_vite%2C_masolino_da_panicale.jpg) | Alternative names | Masolino da Panicale; Tommaso di Cristoforo Fini | Description | Italian painter and artist | Date of birth/death | circa 1383 date QS:P,+1383-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 | circa 1440 date QS:P,+1440-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 | Location of birth/death | Panicale di Valdarno | Florence | Work location | Florenz, Castiglione d'Olona, Rome | Authority file | | artist QS:P170,Q318117 | |
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Object type | painting ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Genre | religious art ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
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Depicted people | Virgin Mary ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Date | between 1423 and 1424 date QS:P571,+1423-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1423-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1424-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium | tempera on panel medium QS:P186,Q175166;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259 with and possibly oil glazes |
Dimensions | height: 148.8 cm (58.5 in); width: 115.1 cm (45.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,148.8U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,115.1U174728 |
Collection | National Gallery of Art ![wikidata:Q214867](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/20px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png) | ![National Gallery of Art](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/National_Gallery_of_Art_logo.svg/200px-National_Gallery_of_Art_logo.svg.png) | Native name | National Gallery of Art, Washington DC | Location | | Coordinates | 38° 53′ 29″ N, 77° 01′ 12″ W ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) | Established | 17 March 1941 ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) | Website | www.nga.gov ![Edit this at Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) | Authority file | | institution QS:P195,Q214867 |
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Accession number | 1937.1.16 |
Object history | ca. 1426 Altar piece for the Guardini Chapel on the left side of the rood screen for San Niccolo, Oltrarno, Florence; ca. 1567 (date of the demolition of the rood screen) transferred to the altar of the other chapel of the Guardini family in the same church; 1576 moved to the Sacristy and replaced by the Annunciation altarpiece newly painted by Alessandro Fei possibly Francis Weymss-Charteris-Douglas, 9th earl of Wemyss [1796-1883], Gosford House, Longniddry, Scotland circa 1886date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 : inherited by Francis Richard Charteris, 10th earl of Wemyss [1818-1914], Gosford House 1914: inherited by Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th earl of Wemyss, [1857-1937], Gosford House circa 1915date QS:P,+1915-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 : purchased by Robert Langton Douglas, London circa 1916date QS:P,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 : purchased by Henry Goldman [1857-1937], New York Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York 26 April 1937: purchased by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh 1937: given
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Inscriptions | on the Virgin's prayerbook [virgo / [c]oncipiet / [e]t p[a]ri[et] / fili[um et vocabitur nomen eius] em[m]anuel / butirum et / mel come / dit u[t] fiat / [rep]roba[re] (Propter hoc dabit Dominus ipse vobis signum. Ecce virgo concipiet, et pariet filium, et vocabitur nomen eius Emmanuel. Butyrum et mel comedet, ut sciat reprobare malum, et eligere bonum] |
Notes | inscription on the Virgin's prayerbook from Isaiah 7:14-15 |
References | National Gallery of Art |
Source/Photographer | Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork |