Announcing Angel (?)

Author: unknown

Period: 16th – 17th century

Provenance: Italy – Florentine area

Technique: oil on canvas (canvas glued on multilayer wooden support)

Condition of artefact: fair, with minor faults

Interventions on the artefact: cleaning and integration of minor faults

Dimensions of canvas: 48 x 67 cm

Frame dimensions: 62 x 70 cm (frame restored in style)

Notes: Extraordinary painting for its expressive power, the angel and the movement of the body and drapery are remarkable, the subject (i.e. whether it is an Annunciation) needs to be studied.