The Archangel Gabriel, after Botticelli

Artists

Description

This work was painted by Henry Scott on a garden wall at the Villa Curonia, Florence in April 1923. It was transferred to canvas by Daniel Thompson in May 1923 and slightly repainted in watercolor at time of transfer. It is a copy of a detail from "The Annunciation" in the Uffizi Galleries, Florence.

Dimensions

81.6 x 64.8 cm (32 1/8 x 25 1/2 in.) framed: 94.6 x 76.2 x 5.7 cm (37 1/4 x 30 x 2 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Edward Waldo Forbes; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1948.