Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

Continuing to draw from the resources at ChristianIconography.info (where you can also find a larger image), The Angelus Project presents this Annunciation from late 18th century Mexico (today found in the Hispanic Society Museum and Library in New York City). It is on a "nun's badge."

Dr Richard Stracke explains:
Mary kneels on a carpeted dais in front of a book on a small table, rather than at a prie-dieu. This and the angel's entry from the right are unusual for this period, so it may be that the badges reflect actual practice among the Mexican nuns.

The secondary figures are, clockwise from the top: The Trinity, Unidentified saint, St. Anthony of Padua (tonsure, Franciscan habit, Christ Child in arms), St. Francis of Assisi (Franciscan habit, stigmata), two unidentified friars, unidentified woman saint, unidentified nun (pen, book), St. Gertrude of Helfta, unidentified saint, unidentified martyr (armor, palm, crucifix), St. Hyacinth (monstrance, Madonna and Child) unidentified saint (cruciform banner, Dominican habit), St. Nicholas of Tolentino (sunburst on chest).

Photographed at the site by Richard Stracke,

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