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Manuscript Leaf with the Annunciation from a Book of Hours

Jean Bourdichon · 1457–1521

Maximum print size

13.5 × 20.8 cm · 5.3 × 8.2 in

at 300 DPI from the 1,576 × 2,450 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 27.9 × 35.6 cm · 11.0 × 14.0 in
Mat opening: 13.5 × 20.8 cm · 5.3 × 8.2 in
Mat border, sides: 7.4 cm · 2.9 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 7.4 cm · 2.9 in

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Details

Date: ca. 1485–90
Medium: Tempera and shell gold on parchment
Type: Manuscripts and Illuminations
Size: 9.6 × 6.0 cm · 3.8 × 2.4 in
Origin: French
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Annunciation, Archangel Gabriel, Doves, Virgin Mary
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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