Manuscript Leaf with the Annunciation, from a Book of Hours

Medium

Tempera, ink and shell gold on parchment

Dimensions

Overall: 5 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. (15 x 10.8 cm) Outer frame: 5 9/16 x 4 in. (14.2 x 10.2 cm) Interior Frame: 4 1/4 x 2 13/16 in. (10.8 x 7.1 cm) 19 3/16 x 14 3/16 in. (48.8 x 36.1 cm)

Classification

Manuscripts and Illuminations

Culture

South Netherlandish

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Alice M. Dike, 1927

Accession Number

27.248.2

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