Annunciation

What you see

The scene reads from left to right. A large-winged angel kneels on a meadow full of flowers and raises a right hand toward Mary, seated on the right beside the corner of a stone house. She has an open book on a marble lectern and lifts her left hand. Between them, a low wall reveals dark trees and a landscape with water.

The angel’s red cloak and Mary’s deep blue mantle stand out against the dark greens of the garden. In the distance, a pale mountain fades into haze, lighter the farther away it is. Take a close look at the carved feet of the lectern, the feathers of the wings and the tiny flowers painted one by one in the grass.