This angel from an Annunciation group probably comes from the abbey of Flavigny and originally formed part of a sculptural retable behind the altar. The exquisite carving of the figure, the serene facial expression, and the rich locks of hair have close parallels in sculpture produced in Paris.The surface details and polish are similar to the work of the sculptor Jean de Liège who carved the image of Marie de France from the royal abbey of Saint-Denis also in the Museum's collection (see 41.100.132).
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Title:Angel of the Annunciation
Artist:Attributed to Jean de Liège (Franco-Netherlandish, active ca. 1361–died 1381)
Date:ca. 1370–90
Geography:Made in Paris (?), Netherlands or France
Culture:South Netherlandish or French
Medium:Marble
Dimensions:Overall: 24 x 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (61 x 22.2 x 16.5 cm) diam. of hole for a mounting pin: 2 3/8 x 3/8 in. (6 x 1 cm)
Classification:Sculpture-Stone
Credit Line:Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:17.190.390
J. Pierpont Morgan (American), London and New York (until 1917)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Arts of the Middle Ages: A Loan Exhibition," February 17–March 24, 1940.
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State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. "Dekorativno-Prikladnoe Iskusstvo ot Pozdnei Antichnosti do Pozdnei Gotiki," June–December 1989.
State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad. "Dekorativno-Prikladnoe Iskusstvo ot Pozdnei Antichnosti do Pozdnei Gotiki," February–July 1990.
Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere. "Meister von Grosslobuing," May 17–September 6, 1994.
Dijon, France. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. "Art from the Court of Burgundy 1364–1419," May 28, 2004–September 15, 2004.
Cleveland Museum of Art. "Art from the Court of Burgundy 1364–1419," October 24, 2004–January 9, 2005.
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Forsyth, William H. The Entombment of Christ: French Sculptures of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970. p. 87.
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Pushkin Museum and State Hermitage Museum. Dekorativno-Prikladnoe Iskusstvo ot Pozdnei Antichnosti do Pozdnei Gotiki: Kratkii Katalog Vystavki. Moscow: Pushkin Museum, 1990. no. 48, pp. 12, 33, fig. 48.
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Cleveland Museum of Art and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. Art from the Court of Burgundy: The Patronage of Philip the Bold and John the Fearless 1364-1419, edited by Stephen Fliegel, and Sophie Jugie. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2004. no. 120, p. 315.
Cleveland Museum of Art and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. L'art à la cour de Bourgogne: le mécénat de Philippe le Hardi et de Jean sans Peur (1364-1419), edited by Stephen Fliegel, and Sophie Jugie. Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2004. no. 120, p. 315.
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Fajt, Jiri. "Havelberg, Paris, Prag. Überlegungen zur Herkunft einiger Werke aus dem Umfeld des Bischofs Johann Wöpelitz im Havelberger Dom." In Niederländische Kunstexporte nach Nord- und Ostmitteleuropa vom 14. bis 16. Jahrhundert: Forschungen zu ihren Anfängen, zur Rolle höfischer Auftraggeber, der Künstler und ihrer Werkstattbetriebe, edited by Jiri Fajt, and Markus Hörsch. Studia Jagellonica Lipsiensia 15. Ostfildern: Jan Thorbecke, 2014. pp. 187–89, fig. 4.
Attributed to Jean de Liège (Franco-Netherlandish, active ca. 1361–died 1381)
ca. 1350–75
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