The Annunciation

Provenance

William G. Coesvelt, London, in 1836;[1] (his sale, Christie & Manson, London, 13 June 1840, no. 37, as by Raphael); purchased by Farquhar.[2] Granville Edward Harcourt Vernon [1816-1861], Grove Hall, Nottinghamshire, England, by 1857; by inheritance to his wife, Lady Selina Vernon [later Lady Hervey], until at least 1894.[3] (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence and Rome); sold 1935 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[4] gift 1939 to NGA. [1] Included in _Collection of Pictures of W.G. Coesvelt, Esq., of London_, London, 1836: no. 80, as by "Raffaelle". [2] According to an annotated copy of the sale catalogue, noted in Kress collection records, in NGA curatorial files. [3] Lady Hervey lent the painting to exhibitions in 1883 and 1893-1894. [4] Fern Rusk Shapley, _Catalogue of the Italian Paintings_, 2 vols., Washington, D.C., 1979: 1:361-362. See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/2059.

The Annunciation

Giannicola di Paolo

1510/1515

Accession Number

1939.1.155

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

overall: 40.3 × 35.9 cm (15 7/8 × 14 1/8 in.) | framed: 49.53 × 44.77 × 6.99 cm (19 1/2 × 17 5/8 × 2 3/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection