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Triptych: Annunciation with the Prophets David and Isaiah   (  )
Artist	Master of the Orléans Triptych (French, active late 15th-early 16th century)
Title	Triptych: Annunciation with the Prophets David and Isaiah
Description	English: This triptych is the finest of the approximately thirty enamels attributed to the Master of the Orléans Triptych, an anonymous artist steeped in the gothicism of the 15th century. The scene of the Annunciation is accompanied by the two prophets David and Isaiah, who hold banderoles with Old Testament inscriptions. The flesh tones on this triptych are particularly subtle. These were produced by painting a russet-red area on the white ground and placing over this a transparent blue, giving it a violet tinge. By varying the thickness of the opaque white which was applied over this violet area, the artist was able to establish shaded and lighted areas which model the face and hands. The contours of the faces were produced by "enlevage," a process in which either dotted or continuous lines were scratched through the powdery white enamel revealing the darker layer underneath.
Date	circa 1500 date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium	painted enamel on copper
Dimensions	Central panel height: 22.7 cm (8.9 in); width: 15.7 cm (6.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,22.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,15.7U174728 ; Left wing height: 22.7 cm (8.9 in); width: 6.5 cm (2.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,22.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,6.5U174728 ; Right wing height: 22.7 cm (8.9 in); width: 6.2 cm (2.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,22.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,6.2U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	44.316
Place of creation	Limoges, France
Object history	Berton [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Baron [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Sale, Paris, January 19-24, 1846, no. 480 Soltykoff [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Sale, Paris, April, 1861, no. 261 Febvre [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Sale, Paris, April 17-20, 1882, no. 159 Ducatel [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Sale, Paris, April 21, 1890, no. 108 Rochard [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Sale, Paris, February 16, 1914, no. 87 Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] 1917: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1917
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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