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Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden (possibly Hans Memling, active by 1465, died 1494) (Netherlandish, 1399/1400–1464)
The Annunciation
1465–75
Oil on wood
73 1/4 x 45 1/4 in. (186.1 x 114.9 cm)
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
17.190.7
One of the largest surviving Netherlandish depictions of the Annunciation, this imposing painting may have been the left wing of an altarpiece commissioned by the Clugny family, whose coat of arms decorates the carpet and window.

The composition is based on a design by Rogier van der Weyden. Possibly commissioned before his death in 1464, it may be a youthful work by Hans Memling who, technical evidence suggests, was an assistant in Rogier's workshop before establishing himself in Bruges.