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Source Description
The scene is placed beneath a flattened arch on a hatched ground. The landscape is painted with a black-brown color, and the ground and details are highlighted with gilding. A small blue line runs around the frame.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
19610
label
Plaque with the Annunciation to the Shepherds
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
19610
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Plaque with the Annunciation to the Shepherds
description
The scene is placed beneath a flattened arch on a hatched ground. The landscape is painted with a black-brown color, and the ground and details are highlighted with gilding. A small blue line runs around the frame.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1430-1460 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques (flat objects)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6
height
4.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 3/8 x W: 1 13/16 in. (6 x 4.6 cm)
Source extras
style
Gothic
med
bone with polychromy
creator_ids
6505
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
8005d2a2de13d18d