Annunciation

Provenance

Centre d’Art, Port-au-Prince; purchased 1961 by Rev. Newton Carlyle Spitz, Jr. [1931-2003];[1] (sale, Bonhams-Skinner, Boston, Lot 16, November 17, 2022); Kay and Roderick Heller; gift 2023 to NGA. [1] Inscription on the reverse reads N.C. SPITZ/PURCHASED/CENTRE D'ART/1961. Spitz was an Episcopalian priest from New York who served at Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Port-au-Prince and was Director of the Centre d'Entrainement at Montrouis, Haiti.

Annunciation

Benoit, Rigaud

1958

Accession Number

2023.44.2

Medium

paint on fiberboard

Dimensions

image: 75.57 × 60.96 cm (29 3/4 × 24 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Kay and Roderick Heller