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Painting of the Annunciation: a winged angel in a patterned gold and red robe greets the Virgin in blue beside a red bed and a window onto a courtyard.

The Annunciation

An angel in a richly patterned crimson and gold cope with green-edged wings kneels at left, hand raised in greeting, while the Virgin Mary sits in a blue mantle beside a lectern with an open book and a white lily. A red canopied bed and an arched window opening onto a courtyard fill the background, rendered in oil on wood with fine detail.

Artist
Hans Memling
Date
ca. 1465–70
Medium
Oil on wood
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2425 × 3878 px
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Español: La Anunciación, Hans Memling, ca. 1465–70

Un ángel con una capa carmesí y dorada de estampado rico y alas con borde verde se arrodilla a la izquierda, con la mano levantada en saludo, mientras la Virgen María, con manto azul, está sentada junto a un atril con un libro abierto y un lirio blanco. Una cama roja con dosel y una ventana arqueada que da a un patio llenan el fondo, pintados al óleo sobre tabla.

Português: A Anunciação, Hans Memling, c. 1465–70

Um anjo com capa carmesim e dourada de padrão rico e asas com bordas verdes ajoelha-se à esquerda, com a mão erguida em saudação, enquanto a Virgem Maria, de manto azul, está sentada ao lado de um atril com um livro aberto e um lírio branco. Uma cama vermelha com dossel e uma janela em arco que se abre para um pátio preenchem o fundo, pintados a óleo sobre madeira.

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