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| Keywords: Atelier of the Boxes - Box Bottom with the Annunciation - Walters 711156 - Back.jpg Gabriel approaches from the left pointing his finger towards a scroll The Virgin who raises her right hand in surprise holds a book in her left Her apron-style drapery has cascades of small folds falling at either side A vase with a lily sits between the figures and the Holy Ghost descends from the clouds above The scene is set beneath a canopy of three trefoil arches surmounted by a band of dentils The Annunciation box appears to be the only religious ivory known from the Atelier of the Boxes The treatment of the architectural canopy is identical to other works from the workshop The interior which is the bottom of the box is divided into compartments to hold a balance and weights The sliding top of the box is missing 3rd quarter 14th century Medieval ivory cm 7 9 4 5 0 9 accession number 71 1156 22567 John Hunt Collection Dublin date and mode of acquisition unknown Lewis V Randall Montreal date and mode of acquisition unknown Ruth Blumka New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum 1977 by purchase Museum purchase 1977 The Carver's Art Medieval Sculpture in Ivory Bone and Horn Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum New Brunswick 1989 place of origin north France Walters Art Museum license Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Atelier of the Boxes Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
