Annunciation
Technical Details
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Title
Annunciation -
Author
Pere Serra -
Year
c. 1404 -
Dimensions
cm 59 x 39 -
Inventory
2149 -
Room
IV
This work is by a Spanish artist who worked in Catalonia in the latter half of the 14th century but was also active in Sardinia. It shows the Annunciation to Mary by the angel in a beautiful purple robe in a way that almost disappears after the Council of Trent (1545-63) – a tiny figure showing Jesus’ incarnation in the Virgin’s belly. The pictorial space is cramped: the vase of lilies, probably alluding to the virginity of Mary, seems to spill out towards us.