The Annunciation

Datec. 1490

MediumPaint on panel

ClassificationsPaintings

Dimensions9 inches × 12 1/2 inches (22.86 × 31.75 cm)

Credit LineCity of Detroit Purchase

Object number27.201

DescriptionFigure of Virgin Mary wearing a blue mantle, kneeling before a prayer stool, lower right. An angel, in a white robe, hovers at left. His wings are blue-green and rose- violet and his right hand is raised. Gothic chair in background, canopied bed at right. Symbols included are: a dove within a blue nimbus, a lily in a vase, lower left, and a bag in front of the prayer stool.

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