The Announcement, from Fra Angelico
Fra Angelico (Vicchio c.1400 - Rome 1455)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Pencil, Tracing paper
Measurements
175 mm (H)245 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872846
Summary
Pencil drawing on tracing paper (figure drawing); on the left part the angel, seen in profile, turned to the right, where Maria is sitting, the angel sitting on a rough ground, announcing his message by raising his right hand on his drawn up knee, gesticulating; on the right side, a little bit to the centre, Maria sitting in a wide dress, praying.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1962 and given to NT as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley.
Marks and inscriptions
lower right; 'Fra Angelico a Perugia'
Makers and roles
Fra Angelico (Vicchio c.1400 - Rome 1455), painter Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908), artist