id:			131814
accession number:	1954.387
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.387
updated:		2025-02-09 02:00:27.048000

The Archangel Gabriel from an Annunciation Group, c. 1350. France, Champagne. Alabaster with traces of paint and gilding; overall: 56.5 x 26 x 10.5 cm (22 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1954.387

title:				The Archangel Gabriel from an Annunciation Group
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creation date:			c. 1350
creation date earliest:		1345
creation date latest:		1355
current location:		109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	France, Champagne
technique:	alabaster with traces of paint and gilding
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 56.5 x 26 x 10.5 cm (22 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Ave Maria, Gratia Plena.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art: The International Language
	opening date:   1956-10-02T04:00:00
	<i>Art: The International Language</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

	title:		Gothic Art 1360-1440
	opening date:   1963-08-06T04:00:00
	<i>Gothic Art 1360-1440</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).

	title:		Treasures of Medieval France
	opening date:   1966-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>Treasures of Medieval France</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1966-January 29, 1967).

	title:		Le Siecle de Charles V (The Century of Charles V)
	opening date:   1981-10-10T04:00:00
	<i>Le Siecle de Charles V (The Century of Charles V)</i>. Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais, Paris cedex 12, France (October 10, 1981-February 1, 1982).

	title:		Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

	title:		Alabaster. European Sculpture from the Middle Ages to the Baroque
	opening date:   2022-10-14T04:00:00
	<i>Alabaster. European Sculpture from the Middle Ages to the Baroque</i>. M Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (organizer) (October 14, 2022-February 26, 2023) https://www.mleuven.be/programma/albast.

	title:		Riemenschneider and Late Medieval Alabaster
	opening date:   2023-03-26T04:00:00
	<i>Riemenschneider and Late Medieval Alabaster</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 23, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Grand Palais, Les Fastes du Gothique: le siècle de Charles V, exposition Galeries nationals du Grand Palais, 9 october 1981 - 1er fevrier 1982.', 'opening_date': '1981-10-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, "Treasures of Medieval France" 1967, p. 210-211, 370.', 'opening_date': '1967-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Paris, Musée du Louvre, "Gothic Art: 12th-14th Centuries, 12th exhibition of the Council of Europe" April 2-July 1, 1968.', 'opening_date': '1968-04-02T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Paris, Reunion des Musées Nationaux, Grand Palais, Louvre, "Le siecle de Charles V at Grand Palais, Paris" October 5, 1981-January, 1982, p. 113, cat. no. 60(B), repr. p. 112.', 'opening_date': '1981-10-05T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2007-05-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild
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	Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna, Austria
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	(Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York, NY sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: -1954
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1954-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M. “A Fourteenth Century ‘Angel of the Annunciation.’” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 42, no. 6 (June 1955): 118–121.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 118-120; Reproduced: p. 121
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142046

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 136
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n37

	“Gothic Art 1360-1440.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 50, no. 7 (September 1963): 174–215.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 203, no. 21; Reproduced: p. 174, no. 21
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25151960

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 52
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n76

	Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 210-211
	url:		https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n237

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 53
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n77

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 59
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n79

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 198-199, no. 71
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	Kloppmann, W., et. al. "La Scultpture sur Albatre en France du XIVe au XVIe Siecle: Enjoux, Methodes et Resultats d'un Programme de Recherche." <em>Revue de l'art</em> 200 (2018).
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 9-19; Reproduced: p. 17, fig. 13
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	Williamson, Paul. <em>The Wyvern Collection: Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Metalwork</em>. London: Thames &amp; Hudson, 2018.
	page number: 	CMA Mention: p. 151
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	"La Vierge de l'Annonciation." Site Officiel du Musee du Louvre. (Accessed on 1/22/2020).
	page number: 	
	url:		http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not&idNotice=1943

	Debaene, Marjan. Albast. Gent : OKV Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen, 2022.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 8
	url:		

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