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Artist:
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Agostino Masucci
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Title:
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The Annunciation
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Date:
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1742
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Medium:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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38 3/4 x 26 7/8 in. (98.43 x 68.26 cm) (canvas)
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Credit Line:
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The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 308
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King John V of Portugal commissioned three paintings from Masucci which would eventually be transferred into mosaic for the Church of Saint Roque in Lisbon. The artist made small modelli, or preparatory works, of these paintings to send to the King for approval; The Annunciation is one. Masucci completed the full-size versions of these three paintings and shipped them to the King in 1747. The paintings were executed in mosaic in the chapel of St. John the Baptist within the Church by 1752.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Masucci, Agostino
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Nationality:
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Italian (Rome)
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Life Dates:
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Italian (Rome), 1691 - 1758
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Name:
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Masucci, Agostino
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Nationality:
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Italian (Rome)
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Life Dates:
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Italian (Rome), 1691 - 1758
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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On the reverse side of the stretcher (not the original one) are 1) two paper labels of Barker's Depo
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Italy, , , Rome
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Accession #:
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62.47
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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