Angel of the Annunciation

Inscription: (on angel’s scroll): AVE . [MARIA] GR . A[TIA] . PIENA [should be PLENA] (Hail [Mary], full of Grace [Luke 1:28])

(on scroll behind the Virgin): ECCE . ANC . ILLA . I[ESU] . N[OSTRI] . D[OMINI] (Behold the handmaiden of our Lord Christ [Luke 1:38])

From the Premonstratensian convent church at Altenberg-an-der-Lahn, near Wetzlar; Count Franz I zu Erbach-Erbach, Schloss Erbach (by 1805) ; by descent to the Counts of Erbach, Schloss Erbach (until after World War II) ; Georg Hartmann German, Frankfurt (by 1952) ; Private Collection, Frankfurt (sold 1992) ; Sotheby's, London (December 10, 1992, lot 25)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Mirror of the Medieval World," March 9–June 1, 1999.

Frankfurt. Städel Museum. "Schaufenster Des Himmels: Der Altenberger Altar und seine Bildausstattung," June 21, 2016–September 25, 2016.

Wixom, William D. "Curatorial Reports and Departmental Accessions." Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 123 (July 1, 1992–June 30, 1993). p. 33.

Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 1993-1994." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, n.s., 52, no. 2 (Fall 1994). pp. 18–19.

Wixom, William D., ed. Mirror of the Medieval World. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. no. 145, pp. 124–25.

Sander, Jochen, ed. Schaufenster des Himmels: Der Altenberger Altar und seine Bildausstattung / Heaven on Display: The Altenberg Altar and its Imagery. Frankfurt am Main: Städel Museum, 2016. no. 11, pp. 125–29 (German text); 178–79 (English text).

Seeberg, Stefanie. "Der Altenberger Hochalter: Seine Bildausstattung im medialen und funktionalen Kontext / The Imagery of the Altenberg High Altar: Function and Presentation." In Schaufenster des Himmels: Der Altenberger Altar und seine Bildausstattung / Heaven on Display: The Altenberg Altar and its Imagery, edited by Jochen Sander. Frankfurt am Main: Städel Museum, 2016. pp. 26 (German text); 143 (English text).

Wolf, Fabian. "Form Follows Function?: Zur Polyfunktionalität des allseitig bemalten Flügelretabels aus Altenberg / Does Form Follow Function? On the Polyfunctionality of the Winged Retable from Altenberg." In Schaufenster des Himmels: Der Altenberger Altar und seine Bildausstattung / Heaven on Display: The Altenberg Altar and its Imagery, edited by Jochen Sander. Frankfurt am Main: Städel Museum, 2016. pp. 63 (German text); 156 (English text).