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Description: | This painting depicts the story of the Annunciation (Luke 1. 26-38) in a way which characteristically combines grandiose rhetoric with everyday life. On the lower edge of the canvas, a basket with a white cloth suggests that the Virgin has been surprised while she was sewing. On the left the archangel Gabriel breaks into the room on a cloud, holding a white lily symbolising Mary's purity. As he salutes her, he points up; above, God the Father and the white dove of the Holy Spirit can be seen in a heavenly glory which swarms with more putti and cherubim. | Subjects: | Incarnation); still life figure; religion (Annunciation | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Maratti, Carlo (Italian painter, 1625-1713) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Ciampelli, Agostino (Italian painter, 1565-1630) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8539... | Go to resource |
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