IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 156428 accession number: M.42-1904 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 20 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Rectangular, slightly convex copper plaque with arched top, enamelled over a white preparation or silver (probably) foils in translucent blue, turquoise, yellow, pale red, dark red, mulberry, purple, and brown, and in black, and white, and gilded. The Virgin’s garments and those of the Archangel and his wings, the vase, the flowers in it and those lying on the table are foiled. The outlines are drawn in black on the white preparation or on the foils. The flesh is tinted by a thin wash of pink with clusters of fine pale red lines. The counter-enamel is concealed by the frame. The Virgin is seated on a yellow bench with her feet on a footstool beside a brown table covered by a turquoise cloth on which lie an open book, and scattered flowers. She wears a dark red mantle over a blue dress with turquoise sleeves. She holds open the book with her right hand and has raised her left to her breast. Behind her there is a brown four-poster bed with turquoise valance and cover. A blue two-handled vase containing four lilies, a purple four-petalled flower,two small blue flowers, and a turquoise flower, stands to the left on the purple tiled floor, which has two brown edged steps in the foreground. The Archangel Gabriel swoops down from turquoise clouds on the left. His right arm is raised in salutation, and he holds a stem with three lilies in his left hand. He has blue and turquoise wings and wears a crimson tunic over a blue gown with a yellow sash. Below is a wall with an arched window and a door, and in the distance beyond the bed, a building with a doorway and window, all in purple. Gold is used to define the edges of the furniture, table cover, and bed hangings, the vase and its handles, the stylized floral and other motifs on the tiles, the edges and shading on the Virgin’s dress and halo, Gabriel’s wings and sash, and the rays of light on the clouds. The plaque is mounted in a arched rectangular gilt metal frame with toothed outer frame on the front, and closed back with a vertically hinged support. object type: Copper plaque decorated with polychrome enamels, silver foils, and gilding. The Virgin is seated at a table on the right with a canopied bed in the background, and a vase of lilies in the foreground. The Archangel Gabriel holding a stem of lilies swoops down in from the left. Gilt-metal frame title: plaque NOTES ----- type: history note value: Hollingworth Magniac (1867-1867), Colworth, Bedfordshire; his son, Charles Magniac (1827-91); sold Christie’s, 2,4-8 and 11-15 July 1892, Catalogue of the renowned collection of works of art chiefly formed by the late Hollingworth Magniac Esq. (known as the Colworth Collection), 5th Day, 7 July, p. 138, lot 519A, sold for £64.1.0 to Frank McClean, MA, FRS (1837-1904), Rusthall House, near Tunbridge Wells. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Frank McClean creditline: Frank McClean Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156428 PEOPLE ------------------- Magniac, Hollingworth Angel Gabriel Virgin Mary SUBJECTS ------------------- kissing bed table book flower lily The Annunciation bed table book flower lily The Annunciation CATEGORIES ------ category: enamels category: Limoges painted enamels DATING ------ creation date: 1605 - 1625 creation date earliest: 1605 creation date latest: 1625 culture: 17th Century, Early culture: Henry IV (1553-1610) culture: Louis XIII (1610-43) CREATORS -------- maker: Limosin, Jean DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 12.9 dimension: Width units: cm value: 9.9 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Works of Art, chiefly formed by the late Hollingworth Magniac, Esq. (Known as the Colworth Collection) Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean Bequest, Catalogue of the Mediaeval Ivories, Enamels, Jewellery, Gems and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed to the Museum by Frank McClean, M.A., F.R.S. The Walters Art Gallery, Catalogue of the Painted Enamels of the Renaissance Limoges and other painted Enamels Les émaux peints de Limoges. Musée du Louvre, Département des objets d'art Le métier d’émailleur à Limoges, XVIe-XVIIe siècle Sedes Sapientae, A Selection from my Most Recent Acquisitions, Catalogue 24 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_42_1904_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 628 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/mid_M_42_1904_20_281_29.jpg height: 605 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_42_1904_20_281_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 628 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/preview_M_42_1904_20_281_29.jpg height: 303 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_42_1904_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 633 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/mid_M_42_1904_20_282_29.jpg height: 600 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_42_1904_20_282_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 633 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/preview_M_42_1904_20_282_29.jpg height: 300 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/183/large_M_42_1904_1_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1509 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/183/mid_M_42_1904_1_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 737 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.42-1904_1_200801_mfj22_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/183/preview_M_42_1904_1_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 368 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/183/M_42_1904_1_200801_mfj22_mas.ptif height: 4290 pixels width: 2912 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/186/large_M_42_1904_2_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1536 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/186/mid_M_42_1904_2_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.42-1904_2_200801_mfj22_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/186/preview_M_42_1904_2_200801_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/505/186/M_42_1904_2_200801_mfj22_mas.ptif height: 4992 pixels width: 3328 pixels