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Charles Prendergast

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c. 1915–1917
Tempera, gold, and silver leaf on incised, gessoed panel
53.3 × 40.8 cm (21 × 16.1 in)

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Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia · verified July 2026

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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

Charles Prendergast was the brother of the well-known American painter Maurice Prendergast. Though primarily a maker of furniture and frames, Charles also produced paintings. Here, he approximates the look of a medieval panel painting, using tempera and gold leaf on a ground covered in gesso. Incised lines delineate the figures. While the subject draws from traditional images of the Annunciation, this is not a Christian image so much as a revelation of the spiritual in earthly things, a common preoccupation for the Arts and Crafts movement in which Prendergast participated.

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