Bartolomé Estebán Murillo
The Virgin of the Annunciation

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Artist Bartolomé Estebán MurilloSpanish, c. 1618–1682

CultureSpanish

Titles

The Virgin of the Annunciation

Date1670–1680

PlaceSpain

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsFrame: 37 1/4 × 31 7/8 in. (94.6 × 81 cm)

Credit LineThe Samuel H. Kress Collection

Object number61.70

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

210 Coneway Gallery

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePrince Joseph Bonaparte; Wynn Ellis Collection; [purchased by Waters, June 17, 1876, cat. no. 36, p. 7]; Sir Francis Cook, 1883; Sir Frederick Cook, until 1920; Sir Herbert Cook, until 1939; Sir Francis Ferdinand Cook; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York]; acquired by Samuel H. Kress Collection 1951; on loan from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to MFAH from 1953; given to MFAH, 1961.
Exhibition History"Art Treasures for America," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., December 9, 1961–February 1, 1962.

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