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The Annunciation
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The Annunciation

Medium

Silk and metallic thread

Dimensions

16 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (42.5 × 31.8 cm) Framed: 24 3/4 × 20 3/4 in. (62.9 × 52.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Helen Costantino Fioratti, 2021

Classification

Textiles-Embroidered

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

Italian

Rights

Public Domain

About Federico Barocci

1528–1612Duchy of Urbino

Italian miniaturist and painter who specialized in alterpieces. He worked in the Vatican for Pope Pius IV, where an attempt was made to murder him by poison. In injured health as a result, he returned to Urbino and died there. Comment on works: Religious