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This illuminated folio shows the Annunciation to Joachim and Anna. Joachim and Anna with hands in prayer are leaving a city. A tree is represented in the middle. A flying angel appears in the sky in front of them.

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Document identity
localId
76564
label
Leaf from the Life of the Virgin: Annunciation to Joachim and Anna
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obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
76564
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Leaf from the Life of the Virgin: Annunciation to Joachim and Anna
description
This illuminated folio shows the Annunciation to Joachim and Anna. Joachim and Anna with hands in prayer are leaving a city. A tree is represented in the middle. A flying angel appears in the sky in front of them.
provenance
Congregatione de Sancto Domenego de Bologna, Bologna, ca. 1500 [fol. 1v flyleaf]; Abbate mateo Canonici [collection no. 300]; Rev. Walter Sneyd, 1835, by purchase [circular bookplate on front flyleaf]; Rev. Walter Sneyd Sale, London, 1903, no. 481; Bernard (?)] Quaritch, 1903, by purchase; Olschki Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1907, by purchase [invoice Nov. 24, 1905; described in a letter of Dec. 20, 1906]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1440-1450 (early Renaissance)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
33.7
height
23
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 13 1/4 x W: 9 1/16 in. (33.7 x 23 cm)
Source extras
style
International Gothic
RelatedObjects
12738
med
ink, tempera paint and gold leaf on parchment
creator_ids
5800
6200
collection_ids
MSS
MED
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
a1c0bb535ccf1356