Harvard Art Museums > 2021.185: The Angel of the Annunciation Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Angel of the Annunciation (Giuseppe Maria Crespi) , 2021.185,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Mar 28, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/370187. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2021.185 People Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Italian (Bologna, Italy 1665-1747 Bologna, Italy) Title The Angel of the Annunciation Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date c. 1715-1720 Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/370187 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 60 × 50.5 cm (23 5/8 × 19 7/8 in.) framed: 83 × 72.3 cm (32 11/16 × 28 7/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: verso, top of frame, white chalk: SOLOMON E 2481 inscription: verso, center stretcher, white chalk: z A607-1 inscription: verso, top stretcher, right side: x CRESPI label: verso, upper right strecher, blue ballpoint: z [or 2] 4670 label: verso, top stretcher, center, marker ink?: 7263. inscription: verso, left stretcher, white chalk: WEITZNER inscription: verso, bottom of frame, white chalk: 12/76 WEITZNER 1 [encircled] CRESPI [or COLSPI?] inscription: verso, right stretcher, white chalk: SOLOMON Provenance Recorded Ownership History Sold [through Sotheby's, London, November 12, 1969, lot 58]; to [Julius H. Weitzner, New York and London], sold; to Arthur K. Solomon, Cambridge, 1972; The Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Trust, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection Accession Year 2021 Object Number 2021.185 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Catalogue of Old Master Paintings, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, November 12, 1969), p. 22, lot 58 Mira Pajes Merriman, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Rizzoli (Milan, 1980), cat. no. 17, repr. Related Works Straus.8020 Artist of original: Giuseppe Maria Crespi X-radiograph(s) of "The Angel of the Annunciation" Photographs Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu