This one is wild. The overloaded angel (big smile, crown, rainbo wings, rock crystal rod) and the plainest Mary I've seen in a long time with a gilt target line where the holy spirit dove is going to hit her right on top of her head.
Oh those windows in the bkgrd.
Oh those windows in the bkgrd.
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Malcolm Stoneman
The Annunciation c. 1435
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Maybe part of an altarpiece in Chartreuse de Champmol, #Dijon
A joyous Angel Gabriel, the arrival of the Holy Spirit (dove) & the forbearance of Mary.
National Gallery of Art, #Washington
Loaned 2024 #TheLouvre #Paris
Feast of the #Annuciation
#Medieval #Art
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Maybe part of an altarpiece in Chartreuse de Champmol, #Dijon
A joyous Angel Gabriel, the arrival of the Holy Spirit (dove) & the forbearance of Mary.
National Gallery of Art, #Washington
Loaned 2024 #TheLouvre #Paris
Feast of the #Annuciation
#Medieval #Art
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Also, @je9jenine.bsky.social imagine the angel having to carry the weight of that costume with all those jewels.
The Annunciation
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