Angel of the Annunciation
Artist
Sano di Pietro
Italian, 1405 - 1481
Dateca. 1450
Place of OriginSiena, Tuscany, Italy
MediumTempera on panel on gilt punchworked ground
DimensionsPanel: 14 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (36.8 × 34.3 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 20 5/8 x 19 in. (52.4 x 48.3 cm)
Panel: 15 3/8 × 14 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (39 × 36 × 3 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 20 5/8 x 19 in. (52.4 x 48.3 cm)
Panel: 15 3/8 × 14 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (39 × 36 × 3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde
Object number1971.44
On View
On viewCollections
DescriptionThis is almost certainly the left half of an altarpiece, that would have had the Virgin Mary in an opposing panel on the right. The angel is drawn at somewhat longer than half-length. The right hand is held upright n front of the torsos the left holds an olive branch, representative of the branch returned to Noah by the dove indicating that dry land could be found and thus symbolizing salvation. The angel's robe has a contrasting band of trim that flows into a long serpentine banderole, especially on the right side of the field below the olive branch. The ground is ornamented with punchwork including an elaborate halo, all of which is gilt. - European Paintings & Sculpture
The top of the panel, which was likely a pointed "Gothic" arch is missing.Exhibition History"Loan Exhibition of Italian Paintings from the XIV to the XVI Centuries," Detroit Institue of the Arts, Detroit, MI, March 8- 30, 1933.
"Objects of Devotion", Hoopes Galllery, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, Nov. 30, 2003- Feb. 29, 2004.ProvenanceBerlin, Germany, Dr. Rudolph Grosse (art historian)
by 1933, New York, NY, Dr. S. F. Aram
1933, Glens Falls, NY, Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Hyde
1963, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust (Bequest of Mrs. Charlotte P. Hyde)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
1761-1764
