School of Van Eyck brothers

Literature

Pierre Rosenberg, Only in America, Milano, 2006, pp. 30-31

Provenance

Prince of Charleroi (or Charolais)
J.J. van Hal, Antwerp
his estate sale, Snyers, Antwerp, 23 August 1836, nr. 80, as by Jan van Eyck, to Nieuwenhuys
C.J. Nieuwenhuys, Brussels, 1836–at least 1847
Monsieur Parent, Paris, by 1860
his granddaughter, comtesse O'Gorman, Paris, probably until 1926, sold to Allen Loebl
with Allen Loebl, Paris, 1926, sold to Lehman
Philip Lehman, New York, 1926, sold to Kleinberger
with Kleinberger, New York, 1926, sold to Friedsam
Michael Friedsam, New York, 1926–died 1931

Iconclass

73A52 The Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel (sometimes a woman overhears the conversation)

External links

RKD 12504
Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 32.100.35

Other works by Jan van Eyck

Margaret, the Artist's Wife
1439

Portrait of a Man
1432

Cardinal Niccolo Albergati
c. 1438

Giovanni Arnolfini

The Madonna in the Church