A fuller explanation of the work can be found on the page of the Royal Collection Trust, which holds the drawing.
Monday, September 23, 2019
Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image
With the upcoming feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael (September 29), it seems appropriate to feature this study of an Annunciation by Giovanni Antonio Pordenone which includes all three named archangels from the Bible. (Michael with his scales hovers to the left over Gabriel; Raphael hovers a bit to the right, with his arm around the boy Tobias.) The sketch was prepared for a convent chapel of "St Mary of the Angels" on the Venetian island of Murano, where the finished work remains in its original setting.
A fuller explanation of the work can be found on the page of the Royal Collection Trust, which holds the drawing.
A fuller explanation of the work can be found on the page of the Royal Collection Trust, which holds the drawing.
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About the Angelus Project
We rightly admire Muslim neighbors and co-workers who put everything on hold five times a day in answer to the "call to prayer." But Christians have a call to prayer, too! It is the Angelus. Morning, noon and evening we are invited to pause and reaffirm our faith in the Incarnation: The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (Jn. 1:14), because "God so loved the world that he sent his only Son" (Jn. 3:16).
The Angelus Project is a personal project of Sister Anne Flanagan, FSP, a Daughter of St Paul. Find out more about the media ministry of the Daughters of St Paul at DaughtersofStPaul.com.
The Angelus Project is a personal project of Sister Anne Flanagan, FSP, a Daughter of St Paul. Find out more about the media ministry of the Daughters of St Paul at
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