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The Annunciation

1750s

Johann Michael Düchert

(German, 1725–1799)
Culture
Germany, 18th century
Medium
ivory, ebony, velvet, in the original gilded and glazed frame
Measurements
Framed: 56.5 x 41.9 x 6.3 cm (22 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 33.5 x 25.4 x 3.5 cm (13 3/16 x 10 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1981.12
Public Domain
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Location
214 Central and Northern European
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Description

This object entered the collection attributed to the German sculptor Johann Paul Egell. However, this attribution never sat comfortably because Egell mostly worked on large-scale commissions in stone, stucco, and wood, rather than with these more precious materials. Recent research indicates that the work is by Düchert, one of Egell's most gifted students, who translated Egell's distinct visual language—the elongated figures, tiny heads, unusually flattened space, and planar handling of drapery—into small-scale ivories.

The Annunciation

1750s

Johann Michael Düchert

(German, 1725–1799)
Germany, 18th century

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