Illuminated page with Annunciation
Date15th century
MediumPaint, gold leaf on vellum
Dimensions6 1/8 in x 5 5/16 in
ClassificationsInformation Forms
Credit LineGift of Mr. Thomas Brown Wilber
Object number1957.17.4
DescriptionPage from a prayer book. Towards the right margin an enframed illumination of the Annunciation. The Virgin kneels at a prayer bench, behind her a bench. The angel at the left holds an inscribed scroll, dove flies in from the left. The scene takes place in a building painted orange. Behind Virgin are beige hangings, to the right a blue hanging with a fleur de lys. The roof of the structure is blue; green meadow with trees and small mountains; blue sky; one flower bottom left; faces fine, hands crude; flowers in border overpainted; border surrounds illumination.On View
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PASSE
Philippines
Knight, Arthur
