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  • Record Number: 2609
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Henry , Tom.
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  • Title: New Documents for Signorelli's "Annunciation" at Volterra [in the Appendix the author provides transcriptions of three documents: Payments to Signorelli for the Volterra "Annunciation," 7 January 1490 to 13 May 1491; The Company of the Virgin Mary sell their old altarpiece, 4 June 1491- 21 April 1494; Ippolito Cigna's account of his restoration of the "Annunciation," published 1740- 1741].
  • Source URL: Burlington Magazine (Full Text via JSTOR) 140, 1144 (July 1998): 474-478. Link Info target = '_blank'>Burlington Magazine (Full Text via JSTOR) 140, 1144 (July 1998): 474-478. Link Info
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Altarpieces Art History- Painting Charters and Diplomatics Confraternities Mary, Virgin, Saint- Annunciation in Art Signorelli, Luca, Painter- Annunciation Volterra, Tuscany, Italy- Cathedral- Oratory of the Company of the Virgin Mary (a Confraternity)- A
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 15
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  • Illustrations: Four illustrations. Figure One View towards the high altar of the oratory of the Company of the Virgin Mary, Volterra Cathedral. Figure Two Luca Signorelli, Annunciation, after cleaning, 1491, panel (Volterra, Pinacoteca Civica). Figure Three Back of the panel in Figure Two. Figure Four Virgin and Child, attributed to Francesco di Neri Giuntarini da Volterra, circa 1370- 1400, tempera on panel (Montegemoli, S. Bartolomeo).
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  • Author's Affiliation: Courtauld Institute of Art
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English;Italian
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00076287
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