See also The Sense of Sight (1895).

Image: unattributed source.

• Title(s): The Angel of the Annunciation (Christie’s, 1989); The Sense of Sight, 1898 (Christie’s, 1992).
• Description: the upper body of a winged female figure, clothed, hands held out in front of her, gaze directed upwards, in the background sheep grazing, backed by a body of water with mountains in the far distance, the disc of the sun partly showing above the horizon on the right. [A close copy of a work painted in 1995].
• Media: oil on canvas (Christie’s, 1992).
• Dimensions: “89 x 103 cm” (Christie’s, 1989); “88.9 x 102.8 cm” (Christie’s, 1992).
• Signature/date/other text: “Signed dated lower right / Inscr. S/label/verso” (Christie’s, 1992).
• History:
  • 1898 – Signed and dated, 1898.
  • 1989 – Auctioned Christie’s, London, 2 Nov, lot 57, “The Summerfield Collection … The angel of the Annunciation, 1898, 1898 Oil/canvas 35.1×40.6 in (89×103 cm) signed & dated (Lower Right)”, sold: hammer £6,500.
  • 1992 – Auctioned Christie’s, London, 12 Jun 1992, lot 105, “Illustrated on page 90 of the catalog / Details / Signed dated lower right / Notes: Inscr. S/label/verso”, sold.
• Location: private collection.

There are two versions of this image, the one in Liverpool Art Gallery, dated 1895, and this one, formerly in the Summerfield Collection, dated 1898. The latter is called The Angel of the Annunciation in the Summerfield Collection auction catalogue in 1989, but The Sense of Sight when auctioned again in 1992. Both auctions were by Christie’s.

The 1895 and 1898 version compared:

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