DrawingsItalian16th century

The Annunciation

16th century

Artists

Federico BarocciArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash with touches of black chalk and white gouache on cream antique laid paper, squared in black chalk, mounted overall to antique laid paper with a decorative margin added.

Culture

Italian

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

28 × 20.3 cm (11 × 8 in.)

Provenance

[P. & D. Colnaghi, London] sold; to Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA, by 1929, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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