Virgin Annunciate (Antonello da Messina, Munich) explained

Virgin Annunciate
Artist:Antonello da Messina
Year:1473
Medium:Oil on wood
Height Metric:43
Width Metric:32
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Munich
Museum:Alte Pinakothek

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.

Notes and References

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