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Tapestry of the Annunciation: a kneeling winged angel at left, a seated Virgin in blue at right, flowering lilies and a tiled floor.

Tapestry with the Annunciation

A woven tapestry shows the Virgin Mary seated indoors in a blue mantle before a red canopy and tiled floor, while a winged angel kneels at left among flowering lilies. A scroll with lettering runs between them, and a small figure of God the Father appears in the sky above a wooded background.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1410–20
Medium
Wool warp, wool with a few metallic wefts
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3305 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1425).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Harriet Barnes Pratt, in memory of her husband, Harold Irving Pratt (February 1, 1877–May 21, 1939), 1949

Español: Tapiz con la Anunciación

Un tapiz tejido muestra a la Virgen María sentada en un interior, con manto azul, ante un dosel rojo y un piso de baldosas, mientras un ángel alado arrodillado a la izquierda se encuentra entre lirios en flor. Una cinta con inscripción recorre la escena entre ambos, y una pequeña figura aparece en el cielo sobre un fondo boscoso.

Português: Tapeçaria com a Anunciação

Uma tapeçaria tecida mostra a Virgem Maria sentada em um interior, com manto azul, diante de um dossel vermelho e um piso de azulejos, enquanto um anjo alado ajoelhado à esquerda está entre lírios em flor. Uma faixa com inscrição atravessa a cena entre os dois, e uma pequena figura aparece no céu acima de um fundo arborizado.

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