The Annunciation
Panel
1510-1520 (made)
1510-1520 (made)
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This relief is made in the workshop of Benedetto Buglioni in Florence ca. 1510-1520.
The composition is loosely based on an altarpiece of the same subject by the Florentine sculptor Benedetto da Maiano (1442-1497) in the church of S. Anna dei Lombardi (Monteoliveto), Naples, which was completed in 1489. Many of the works by Benedetto Buglioni depend from other painted or sculpted compositions, and it is likely that this was made in his workshop or bottega, which specialised in tin-glazed terracottas. Works by Buglioni are documented in the inventory of Benedetto da Maiano's studio made after the latter's death, indicating that Buglioni was ermployed by the da Maiano workshop.
Benedetto Buglioni is said to have learned the art of enamelled terracotta from a woman employed in Andrea della Robbia's house. He appears to have worked in Florence at the same time as Andrea, but the products of his workshop are considered both technically and artistically inferior.
The composition is loosely based on an altarpiece of the same subject by the Florentine sculptor Benedetto da Maiano (1442-1497) in the church of S. Anna dei Lombardi (Monteoliveto), Naples, which was completed in 1489. Many of the works by Benedetto Buglioni depend from other painted or sculpted compositions, and it is likely that this was made in his workshop or bottega, which specialised in tin-glazed terracottas. Works by Buglioni are documented in the inventory of Benedetto da Maiano's studio made after the latter's death, indicating that Buglioni was ermployed by the da Maiano workshop.
Benedetto Buglioni is said to have learned the art of enamelled terracotta from a woman employed in Andrea della Robbia's house. He appears to have worked in Florence at the same time as Andrea, but the products of his workshop are considered both technically and artistically inferior.
Object details
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| Title | The Annunciation (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Enamelled terracotta in low relief |
| Brief description | Panel in enamelled terracotta from the workshop of Benedetto Buglioni, Florence, about 1510-1520. |
| Physical description | Relief in polychrome enamelled terracota. The scene takes place in a hall with arches to right and left and a receding barrel-vaulted passage on the back. To the right, on a step, is the Virgin seated before a lectern. To the left the Angel, with hands crossed on his breast,is shown alighting on the left foot. In the centre is a vase of lilies. |
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| Object history | The composition is loosely based on an altarpiece of the same subject by the Florentine sculptor Benedetto da Maiano (1442-1497) in the church of S. Anna dei Lombardi (Monteoliveto), Naples, which was completed in 1489. Many of the works by Benedetto Buglioni depend from other painted or sculpted compositions, and it is likely that this was made in his workshop or bottega, which specialised in tin-glazed terracottas. Works by Buglioni are documented in the inventory of Benedetto da Maiano's studio made after the latter's death, indicating that Buglioni was ermployed by the da Maiano workshop. |
| Production | Robinson ascribes the relief to Della Robbia studio and notes its dependence from the altarpiece of the same subject Benedetto da Majano in the church of Monteoliveto, Naples. This relationship is confined to the space structure, the group in the upper left corner and the pose of the angel. Cavalucci and Molinier and Maclagan and Longhurst also give the relief to the Robbia shop. Maclagan and Longhurst relate it to a lunette of the Annuniciation from Montedomini in the chapel of the Castello di Vincigliata, near Florence, in which the angel also depends from that in Benedetto da Majano's altarpiece. Marquand ascribes both reliefs to the Buglioni studio. |
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| Summary | This relief is made in the workshop of Benedetto Buglioni in Florence ca. 1510-1520. The composition is loosely based on an altarpiece of the same subject by the Florentine sculptor Benedetto da Maiano (1442-1497) in the church of S. Anna dei Lombardi (Monteoliveto), Naples, which was completed in 1489. Many of the works by Benedetto Buglioni depend from other painted or sculpted compositions, and it is likely that this was made in his workshop or bottega, which specialised in tin-glazed terracottas. Works by Buglioni are documented in the inventory of Benedetto da Maiano's studio made after the latter's death, indicating that Buglioni was ermployed by the da Maiano workshop. Benedetto Buglioni is said to have learned the art of enamelled terracotta from a woman employed in Andrea della Robbia's house. He appears to have worked in Florence at the same time as Andrea, but the products of his workshop are considered both technically and artistically inferior. |
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| Accession number | 4065-1856 |
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| Record created | May 15, 2008 |
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