Figure 5 The Annunciation, after cleaning, before restoration.

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Description: The Annunciation, after cleaning, before restoration

TitleThe Annunciation, after cleaning, before restoration

Creator namevan Eyck, Jan

Creator nationality/cultureNetherlandish

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1434–1436

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel transferred to canvas

Dimensions90.2 x 27.1 cm

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46.html

Accession number1937.1.39

SubjectsPainting--Conservation and restorationPainting, RenaissanceMary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Annunciation

StatusShows the painting after cleaning, before inpainting

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The Cleaning and Restoration of Jan van Eyck’s Washington Annunciation

David Bull

Facture: Conservation Science Art History Volume 1: Renaissance Masterworks

The Annunciation by Jan van Eyck hangs in the galleries of the National Gallery of Art beside great works by Rogier van der Weyden, Hans Memling, Dirk Bouts, and Petrus Christus ...

Author

David Bull

PublisherNational Gallery of Art

Related print edition pages: pp.156-166

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00196.007

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19982&redirecttoanchor=48589

Chapter subject tags:Conservation and restorationPainting, Netherlandish--15th centuryAltarpieces, NetherlandishPainting, RenaissanceEyck, Jan van, 1390-1440

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