Virgin Annunciate (Antonello da Messina, Munich)

The Munich Virgin Annunciate is an oil on wood painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina, executed in 1473.[1] Like the more famous Palermo version of the same subject, it shows Mary interrupted at her reading by the Angel of the Annunciation.

Virgin Annunciate
ArtistAntonello da Messina
Year1473
MediumOil on wood
Dimensions43 cm × 32 cm (17 in × 13 in)
LocationAlte Pinakothek, Munich

References

  1. Walter Melion, Lee Palmer Wandel (2015). Image and Incarnation: The Early Modern Doctrine of the Pictorial Image. BRILL. p. 86. ISBN 9789004300514. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
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