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Angel of the Annunciation
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Angel of the Annunciation

Konrad Witz (um 1400–um 1445/47) · um 1435 · Mischtechnik auf mit Leinwand kaschiertem Eichenholz

From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Exterior panel separated according to the identical board division from Inv. 644 (Antipater before Julius Caesar). Right panel from the upper register of the left exterior wing of the Basel Mirror of Salvation Altarpiece, which was probably painted around 1435 for St. Leonhard in Basel. The lost left panel of the right wing must once have shown the corresponding Annunciation Mary immediately next to it. Stylistic comparison with the completed and signed Peter Altarpiece in Geneva from 1444 makes the authorship of Kon...

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Credit lineVerkündigungsengel. um 1435. Konrad Witz (um 1400–um 1445/47). Kunstmuseum Basel, Depositum der Gottfried Keller-Stiftung, Bundesamt für Kultur, Bern. Public domain.

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