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A Sculpture for Reflection on Annunciation Day

March 22, 2019

By Maryan Ainsworth

Just in time for the Christian observance of the Annunciation on March 25, a beautiful, serene sculpture of the Virgin Mary is on view in gallery 640 at The Met Fifth Avenue.
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Artist Mariko Mori reflects on Botticelli's _The Annunciation_ in this episode of The Artist Project.
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The Ghent Altarpiece

October 1, 2002

By Susan Jones

The [Ghent Altarpiece] stands on its own as a visual account of the redemptive mysteries of the Catholic faith, beginning with the incarnation of Christ at the moment of the Annunciation represented on the exterior.
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Saving an Altarpiece (Part I): Coming Apart at the Seams

October 3, 2016

By Alan M. Miller

Associate Conservator M. Alan Miller describes the initial steps in the conservation of Peter Candid's monumental altarpiece of the Annunciation.
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Saving an Altarpiece (Part III): Finishing Touches

January 9, 2017

By Alan M. Miller

Associate Conservator M. Alan Miller discusses the final work carried out on the painted surface of Peter Candid's The Annunciation, the careful considerations of framing a curved panel, and finally seeing the painting hung in gallery 609.
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Clara Granzotto, fellow in the Department of Scientific Research, imagines what it would be like to interview artist Sandro Botticelli about The Annunciation and discover all of the artist's secrets.
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Saving an Altarpiece (Part II): Piecing It Together

November 28, 2016

By Alan M. Miller

Associate Conservator M. Alan Miller discusses the continuation of the structural work on Peter Candid's The Annunciation, including the repair of the splits, the rejoining of the two halves, and the construction of a new, secondary support solution.
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Scenes of the Season

January 2, 2015

By Christina Alphonso

Administrator Christina Alphonso shares six folios from the Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, that relate to the holiday season.
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Workshop of Niccolò Roccatagliata (Italian, born Genoa, active 1593–1636)

Date: early 17th century
Accession Number: 1986.319.51

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Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Italian, Florence 1444/45–1510 Florence)

Date: ca. 1485–92
Accession Number: 1975.1.74

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Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges)

Date: 1480–89
Accession Number: 1975.1.113

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Philippe de Champaigne (French, Brussels 1602–1674 Paris)

Date: ca. 1644
Accession Number: 2004.31

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Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges)

Date: ca. 1465–70
Accession Number: 17.190.7

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Date: ca. 1180–1200
Accession Number: 60.140

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Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558–1617 Haarlem)

Date: 1594
Accession Number: 17.3.1649

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Claude Gillot (French, Langres 1673–1722 Paris)

Date: n.d.
Accession Number: 62.602.474

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Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach)

Date: ca. 1580–1600
Accession Number: 2012.136.657

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Claude Mellan (French, Abbeville 1598–1688 Paris)

Date: 1666
Accession Number: 53.601.265