The Annunciation
1460
Step into a 15th-century bedroom where the divine interrupts a quiet reading session! Rogier van der Weyden, a master of the Early Netherlandish Renaissance, captures the exact moment the Archangel Gabriel tells Mary she will bear Jesus. Notice how Gabriel’s massive wings almost knock over the green bed curtains, while Mary, dressed in her signature royal blue, looks startled mid-prayer. The artist squeezed these holy figures into a cozy, domestic room—complete with a tiled floor and a vase of purity-symbolizing lilies—making a heavenly event feel surprisingly intimate and human.
- Technique
- Oil on oak panel
- Material
- Oak panel
- Dimensions
- 86 cm × 93 cm
Location: Louvre Museum
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