The Annunciation
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of the Hanna Fund
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The Annunciation

c. 1580
Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528–1588) visual detail
ArtistPaolo Veronese (Italian, 1528–1588)
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Provenance

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1950-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

Until 1950

(Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

Probably 1933 - c. 1950

Albert Koppel, Switzerland and Toronto, Ontario, consigned to Rosenberg & Stiebel

Probably 1913-1933

Leopold Koppel [1854-1933], Berlin, by descent to his son, Albert Koppel

Until 1913

Balboni collection, Venice, probably sold to Leopold Koppel

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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) Albert Koppel, Switzerland and Toronto, Ontario, consigned to Rosenberg & Stiebel Leopold Koppel [1854-1933], Berlin, by descent to his son, Albert Koppel Balboni collection, Venice, probably sold to Leopold Koppel

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The Venetian Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 8, 1956-January 1, 1957). In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958). Art and Humanism in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962). Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965). Paolo Veronese: Versatile Master of Renaissance Venice. John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL (organizer) (December 6, 2012-April 14, 2013). Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 2025-February 1, 2026). Survey of Italian Art. Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (November 8-December 8, 1957). Titian, Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese with a Group of Sixteenth-Century Venetian Drawings. Art Gallery of Ontario,Toronto, Ontario ( February 12-March 13, 1960). Masterpieces of the 16th Century Art. Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY (October 15-November 15, 1964). The Adriatic Sea: A Civilization Between Borders and Frontiers. Fondo Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, Italy (March-July 2001). The Secular Veronese. (Musee du Luxembourg, Paris, France (September 22, 2004-January 30, 2005); Musee Correr, Venice, Italy (February 11-May 29, 2005). Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA (March 15-August 6, 2009; Musee du Louvre, Paris, France (September 14, 2009-January 5, 2010).

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Although Veronese is best known for his large-scale, pageant-like presentations, here the artist has taken the narrative of the Annunciation (the announcement of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and bear a son) and compressed the figures close to one another, creating a startling intimacy. According to a tradition established by the medieval writer Saint Bernard, Mary has been reading from the Old Testament prophecy of Isaiah (7:14), "A young woman is with child and she will bear a son."

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 5 structured provenance events · 6 structured exhibitions.

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