id: 131820 accession number: 1954.393 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.393 updated: 2019-07-04 08:00:28.307000 The Annunciation, 1380s. Netherlands, or possibly France, 14th century. Tempera and oil with gold on wood; framed: 40.3 x 31.4 x 4.8 cm (15 7/8 x 12 3/8 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1954.393 title: The Annunciation title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1380s creation date earliest: 1380 creation date latest: 1389 current location: 109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: Netherlands, or possibly France, 14th century technique: tempera and oil with gold on wood department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Medieval Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Framed: 40.3 x 31.4 x 4.8 cm (15 7/8 x 12 3/8 x 1 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Gothic Art 1360-1440 opening date: 1963-08-06T04:00:00 Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 6-September 15, 1963). title: Juxtapositions opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00 Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 11-October 10, 1965). title: Treasures of Medieval France opening date: 1966-11-16T05:00:00 Treasures of Medieval France. The Cleveland Museum of Art (November 16, 1966-January 29, 1967). title: When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story opening date: 1981-12-01T05:00:00 When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story. The Cleveland Museum of Art (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982). title: Dukes and Angels: Art from the Court of Burgundy (1364-1419) opening date: 2004-05-27T00:00:00 Dukes and Angels: Art from the Court of Burgundy (1364-1419). Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon (May 27-September 15, 2004); The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 24, 2004-January 9, 2005). title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00 Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Center for the Visual Arts (February 13-June 7, 2009). title: Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378) opening date: 2016-05-14T00:00:00 Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378). National Gallery Prague (organizer) (May 14-September 25, 2016); Germanisches Nationalmuseum (October 20, 2016-March 5, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Art Museum, 1927.
New York, J. Seligman & Co., "Religious Art" 1927; cat. no. 1.
New York, F. Kleinberger Galleries, "French Prinitives" 1972; cat. no. 4.
Detroit Institute of Arts, "French Gothic Art" 1928; cat. no. 1.
London, Royal Academy, "French Art 1200-1900" 1932; no. 1, cat. no. 6.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, "Collection of Artur Sachs" 1946.
Paris, Petit Palais, "La vierge dans l'art français," cat. no. 6.
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, French Painting 1100-1900" 1951, cat. no. 26.
Cleveland Museum of Art, "Gothic Art 1360-1440," September 1963, CMA Bulletin L, cat. no. 19 repr. p. 157.
Cleveland Museum of Art, "Treasures from Medieval France," 1966-1967; cat/ mp/ VI-14, p. 242, repr. color. p. 243.
Cleveland Museum of Art, " When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story," December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982.
Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts of Dijon (May 28-September 15, 2004); The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 24, 2004-January 9, 2005) "Dukes and Angels: Art from the Court of Burgundy (1364-1419)."exh.cat.no.18, p.66, repr.p.66.
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"
National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (5/14/2016 - 9/25/2016) and the Germaniches Nationalmuseum, Nuremburg, Germany (10/20/2016 - 3/5/2017): "Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378)" --- PROVENANCE Duke of Anhalt, Dessau (1863, 1925); (C. A. de Burlet, Berlin); (R. Langton Douglas); Arthur Sachs, New York (1926) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: In this depiction of Gabriel, the angel's wings resemble the feathers of a peacock. digital description: wall description: This small but opulent panel painting was once joined to another panel with hinges to form a diptych. Given its small size, its original function was for private devotional use. It could be folded like a book when not in use and was highly portable. The missing panel has not been positively identified but probably represented another biblical scene like the Crucifixion. The painting’s refined and ornate style reflects the courtly aesthetic that appealed to royal and aristocratic patrons in the decades around 1400. On the panel’s richly tooled reverse (not visible) are the arms of the house of Hainault quartered with those of Bavaria. While this coat of arms is certainly that of the work’s patron, probably a member of the united dynasties of Hainault and Bavaria, their identity remains elusive. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain). Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of French Art, 1200-1900. London: Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1933. page number: Mentioned: p. 2, no. 6; reproduced: pl. 4, no. 6 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 395 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n73 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 63 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n87 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 63 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n87 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 71 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n91 Fajt, Jiří, and Markus Hörsch, eds. Kaiser Karl IV., 1316-2016: erste Bayerisch-Tschechische Landesausstellung: Ausstellungskatalog. Praha: Národní Galerie v Praze, 2016. page number: Mentioned: p. 448; Reproduced: p. 449, fig. 10.8 url: Kosina, Elena and Ulf-Dietrich Korn. Die Mittelalterlichen Glasmalereien in Niedersachsen: Ohne Lüneburg und die Heideklöster. Berlin: Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, 2017. page number: Mentioned: p. 56-57; Reproduced: p. 58, fig. 27 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.393/1954.393_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.393/1954.393_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.393/1954.393_full.tif