The Virgin Annunciate
manner of Carlo Maratta (Camerano 1625 – Rome 1713)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1770 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
495 x 368 mm (19 1/2 x 14 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257089
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Virgin Annunciate, manner of Carlo Maratta, (Camerano 1625 – Rome 1713), late 18th century. The Virgin is shown, seated, three-quarter length, turned slightly to right, her head inclined to left, looking down at a book held up in her right hand; lilies to the right, the angel Gabriel in the sky background left.
Provenance
first recorded circa 1800 (no. 37); thence by descent until bequeathed by (Henry John) Ralph Bankes (1902 – 1981) to the National Trust, together with the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy and its entire contents in 1981
Credit line
Kingston Lacy, The Bankes Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
manner of Carlo Maratta (Camerano 1625 – Rome 1713), original artist
