Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

From the Age of Empires, this Annunciation is identified only as from the "Indian school," and came into the royal collection during the reign of King George III (for us Americans, the King George whose taxes set things off). From the Royal Collection Trust.

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

How many perfect little doll's houses will appear beneath Christmas trees this week, to the delight of their little landlords? Ah, but how many doll's houses have original artwork in them, such as this miniature Annunciation, commissioned for Queen Mary's Dolls' House (on display in Windsor Castle)? From the Royal Collection Trust; by Philip Harry Newman, about 1923.

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

From the Royal Collection Trust, an Annunciation painted on a thin panel of copper by Carlo Maratti. Click here to watch a short video on the restoration of the painting:  Conservation of Carlo Maratti's The Annunciation.

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Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

This lovely drawing by Carl Müller (1818-1893), now part of the Royal Collection Trust, was a birthday gift...from Queen Victoria to Prince Albert (May 24, 1850).

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

This bright Annunciation is completely enclosed in an initial U in an illuminated manuscript page! From the Royal Collection Trust.