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Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Annunciation
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Annunciation

Artist Giovanni Bonazza (Italian, 1654-1736)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1730
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 22 x 18 3/8 in. (55.9 x 46.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 27 1/2 x 23 7/8 x 6 in. (69.9 x 60.6 x 15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number78.634A
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 207
DescriptionTerracotta Bozzetto depicting the Annunciation. The angel appears to the right, Mary the Virgin is in the foreground on the left. Mary bends toward the angel. The angel and symbols of the heavens radiate on the left side. The right side is balanced by the cascading draperies.

Label TextGiovanni Bonazza Italian, 1654–1736 Annunciation, ca. 1730 Terracotta Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 78.634a
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