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This is half of an image of the Annunciation, when the Angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary to tell her that she would conceive the son of God. Gabriel is shown in another roundel on the opposite side of the altarpiece.
We see the Virgin with her arms crossed in front of her chest in a gesture of acceptance. She is reading a book which lies open on a book stand; according to medieval tradition Mary was thought to have been reading the Old Testament prediction of the virgin birth of the messiah at the moment of Gabriel’s arrival.
Title
The Annunciate Virgin: Frame Roundel (right)
Date
about 1450?
Medium
Egg tempera on wood
Measurements
H 13.6 x W 13.6 cm
Accession number
NG584.6
Acquisition method
Bought, 1857
Work type
Painting
