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Annunciation

Technical Details
  • 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.

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