Annunciation to the Virgin, Jacob de Wit, 1723

Identification

Title(s)

Annunciation to the Virgin

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-C-1636

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘J. de Wit 1723’

Description

De verkondiging aan Maria. Centraal in het beeld een zuil waarvoor een lezenaar met een opengeslagen boek. Links ervan Maria. Rechts een knielende engel. Boven de engel in de wolken twee putti en een licht uitstralende duif. Vervaardigd als altaarstuk voor de kapel in het Maagdenhuis op het Spui te Amsterdam.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jacob de Wit

Dating

1723

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 207 cm × width 166 cm
depth 8 cm
weight 31 cm

Subject

What

the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel (sometimes a woman overhears the conversation)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Stichting het R.C. Maagdenhuis

Acquisition

loan 3-Dec-1993

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Commissioned for the Maagdenhuis, Amsterdam, 1723;{Note RMA.} on loan from the Stichting het R.C. Maagdenhuis, Amsterdam, to the museum, 1993

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Persistent URL

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