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| Title | The Annunciation | |
| Collection | Northampton Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Attributed to Maratti, Carlo (Italian painter, 1625-1713) Previously attributed to Ciampelli, Agostino (Italian painter, 1565-1630) |
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| Date Earliest | about 1600 | |
| Date Latest | about 1615 | |
| Description | This painting depicts the story of the Annunciation (Luke 1. 26-38) in a way which characteristically combines grandiose rhetoric with everyday life. On the lower edge of the canvas, a basket with a white cloth suggests that the Virgin has been surprised while she was sewing. On the left the archangel Gabriel breaks into the room on a cloud, holding a white lily symbolising Mary's purity. As he salutes her, he points up; above, God the Father and the white dove of the Holy Spirit can be seen in a heavenly glory which swarms with more putti and cherubim. | |
| Current Accession Number | 1997.127.3 | |
| Former Accession Number | L.503 | |
| Subject | figure; religion (Annunciation, Incarnation); still life | |
| Measurements | 65.0 x 52 cm.0 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Purchased by private treaty through Christie's from the widow of Eric E. Young, 1997. | |
| Provenance | Eric E. Young, by 1987-1997. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Painters and Decorators, Northampton Central Museum, 1998, cat. no. 5, as by Ciampelli. | |
| Notes | The small size of this work and the loose handling of certain passages suggest that it may have been a modello (preparatory sketch) for an altarpiece. |
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| Rights Owner | Northampton Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Pablo Pérez d'Ors; Dr Angela Smith | |