Stunning Rare Vintage Italian Renaissance 23 Gold Leaf Miniature reproduction AFTER Beato Angelico L'Annunciazione - The Annunciation

Rare! Vintage Italian Renaissance Art Miniature AFTER Beato Angelico L'Annunciazione on 23 Kt Gold Leaf from Italy - Early European Fine Art reproduction – Pure Gold - Gold Leaf Hand-finished miniatures Very rare Stunning Miniature reproduction was produced in Italy on 23 karat gold leaf (Certificate of Gurantee is attached to the Back side) AFTER The Annunciation of Cortona that was painted by Fra Angelico in 1433-1434, in tempera on panel, 175 cm x 180 cm. The front is marked with a metallic gold colored sticker that reads “L'Annunciazione Beato Angelico” Measures: the gold leaf itself measures 7" x 5", Frame 18" by 16" , Overall: VERY GOOD CONDITION STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL STICKERS. Miniature is in excellent condition UNDER GLASS COVER, frame shows some vintage surface wear and minor previous applications of gold colored paint to areas that lost original paint on the frame, the frame IS VERY STURDY, paper backing is in place, not torn as often happens with vintage items, but somewhat loose. Gold leaf - the bright, inert element, eternally reflecting, never rusting. Since Mediterranean antiquity artists aimed to evoke that three dimensional world on a flat surface with paint. Gold has more reflectance than a fresco or canvas we experience a sense of lively light coming from the painting which employs gold. Early users of the gold leaf relied on its intrinsic value to underscore the value of their subjects, gods, virgins, saints or royals. Italian artists of 14th century generously applied gold leaf to their paintings. Backgrounds, Halos, crowns are all leafed with gold. The 14th and 15th century Renaissance studio included gold leafing as a standard skill to be learned by each apprentice. Cennino Cennini’s widely circulated studio handbook of 1396,”The Book Of Art” explains the process of leafing among its many instructions. Fra Angelico, working from a monastery in Fiesole near Florence delicately used the gold leaf for halos, angel wings, and background. Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395[2] – February 18, 1455) was an Early Italian Renaissance painter described by Vasari in his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects as having "a rare and perfect talent".[3] He was known to contemporaries as Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Brother John of Fiesole) and Fra Giovanni Angelico (Angelic Brother John). In modern Italian he is called il Beato Angelico (Blessed Angelic One); the common English name Fra Angelico means the "Angelic friar". Ready to be displayed