The Angel Gabriel from an Annunciation Group

ca. 1390
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305
These sculptures of the angel Gabriel and the Virgin, carved in the so-called “Beautiful Style” of central Europe, are related to works of the Master of Grosslobming, whose sculptures (now in Vienna and Frankfurt collections) originate from the Church of Saint Lambert in Grosslobming, Austria.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Angel Gabriel from an Annunciation Group
  • Date: ca. 1390
  • Culture: Austrian
  • Medium: Limestone with traces of paint
  • Dimensions: 30 7/8 × 19 × 11 in. (78.4 × 48.3 × 27.9 cm)
    as a group with 22.60.2: 40 3/8 × 39 × 12 in. (102.6 × 99.1 × 30.5 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Stone
  • Credit Line: The Bequest of Michael Dreicer, 1921
  • Object Number: 22.60.2
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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