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Annunciation
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1892
actions: postures and motions
adults
angel
Annunciation
architecture
Bible: New Testament
clothing and personal items
flying
garden
garden structures
hands crossed
jug
lily
objects
people
plants and flowers
religion and belief
standing
tree
universal religious imagery
veil
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Virgin Mary
woman
<p>This scene shows the Christian story of the Annunciation, as told in the Gospel of James. In this version, Mary is met by an angel she cannot see while gathering water from a well. He tells her that she will have a baby and that he should be named Jesus. After studying in London and Paris, Arthur Hacker spent time in Spain and Morocco. This had a strong influence on his art. Mary’s clothing probably reflects Islamic dress Hacker saw during his travels. Infra-red photography shows that the painting originally included a woman wearing a headscarf sitting behind Mary.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2020</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 May 2022 – 12 February 2023
2023-02-12
1 May 2022 – 30 September 2022
2022-09-30
2022-05-01
Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum (Leamington Spa, UK)
2022-05-01
Modern Pre-Raphaelites Visionaries
Loan-out
The Annunciation
support: 2332 × 1257 mm
frame: 2740 × 1675 × 156 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1892
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<p>This scene shows the Christian story of the Annunciation, as told in the Gospel of James. In this version, Mary is met by an angel she cannot see while gathering water from a well. He tells her that she will have a baby and that he should be named Jesus. After studying in London and Paris, Arthur Hacker spent time in Spain and Morocco. This had a strong influence on his art. Mary’s clothing probably reflects Islamic dress Hacker saw during his travels. Infra-red photography shows that the painting originally included a woman wearing a headscarf sitting behind Mary.</p>
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<p><b>N01576</b> THE ANNUNCIATION 1892
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Arthur Hacker 92.’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 91×49 1/2 (231×126).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1892.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1892 (901).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> George Moore, <i>Modern Painting</i>, 1898, pp.125–6; Rose G. Kingsley, ‘The Annunciation’ in <i>Art Journal</i>, 1901, p.8, etching repr. facing p.9.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Royal Academy Pictures</i>, 1892, p.122; Sir Edward J. Poynter, <i>The National Gallery,</i> 111, 1900, p.105; <i>Famous Pictures of the World</i>, n.d. (in colour).</p>
<p>Rose Kingsley (<i>loc. cit.</i>) sees in this a movement towards the ideal, as a reaction against <i>terre-à-terre</i> <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/realism" title="Glossary definition for 'Realism'"><span>realism</span></a>, and links the artist with Puvis de Chavannes, Gustave Moreau and Dagnan-Bouveret, among others. ‘It is the “beyond” in one form or another that each is striving for in his own way, according to his personal temperament.’</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-23T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults angel Annunciation architecture Bible: New Testament clothing and personal items flying garden garden structures hands crossed jug lily objects people plants and flowers religion and belief standing tree universal religious imagery veil vessels and containers Virgin Mary woman