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Chief Digital Officer: Douglas Hegley
Executive Producer: Sarah Wambold
Director/Writer/Producer: Rachel Smith
Producer: Emma Vecchione
Project Manager: Maria Kozanecka
Animation Direction: Lisa LaBracio
Art Direction + Illustration: Tara Sunil Thomas
Animation: Sara Zarul Azham
Compositing: Lisa LaBracio
Narrators: Corin Wells, Lucretia Kargère
Education Consultants: Darcy-Tell Morales, Merantine Hens
Original Music: Austin Fisher
Sound Mix: Dave Raymond
Production Design: Aurola Wedman Alfaro
Rights and Permissions: Julie Zeftel
Special Thanks: Shirin Fozi
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A Knight of the d’Aluye Family, after 1248–by 1267.Made in Loire Valley, France.
Limestone, 13 x 33 1/2 x 83 1/2 in., 1197 lb. (33 x 85.1 x 212.1 cm, 543 kg).
The Cloisters Collection, 1925 (25.120.201)
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), ca. 1427–32.
Workshop of Robert Campin (Netherlandish, ca. 1375–1444).
Oil on oak, 25 3/8 x 46 3/8 in. (64.5 x 117.8 cm).
The Cloisters Collection, 1956 (56.70a–c)
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