Angel of the Annunciation

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

c. 1490

School of Andrea del Verrocchio (Italian, 1435–1488)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: School of Andrea del Verrocchio
Title: Angel of the Annunciation
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1485–1495
Medium: Terracotta with polychromy and gilding
Inscriptions: Inscribed: AVE DONMINI ANG (around base)
Dimensions: 90.2 × 41.9 × 34.3 cm (35 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.); Base: H.: 7.6 cm (3 in.)
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Reference Number: 1937.910
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Martin A. Ryerson (1856–1932), Chicago, until 1932; by descent to his wife Carrie Hutchinson Ryerson (1859–1937), Chicago, 1932 [Last Will and Testament of Martin A. Ryerson, Died August 11, 1932, copy in Institutional Archives, Art Institute of Chicago]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1937.

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