15 The Annunciation retable The Annunciation retable The entire south chapel, including the altar, was constructed in the years following 1632 as a donation from Bishop Nikola Brautić. The altar was attached flush to the south wall. During dismantling, an inscription written in the paint used for the retable was discovered on the underside of the entablature, probably dating the painting and gilding of the retable: “1637 dio 20 marcio”, (20th of March 1637) (Fig. 12). This dating is supported by the dates of Bishop Nikola Brautić’s life and by direct mentions of the building of the altar in his will.16 A document preserved in the Dubrovnik archive contains a contract from 1636 between Blasius Allegretti and master woodcarver Urban “[...] magister Fig. 10: Annunciation retable, before treatment Fig. 11: Retable after treatment
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