Monday, December 7, 2020

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

The painter Piermatteo da Amelia (Amelia is a town in Umbria) "is also known as the Master of the Gardner Annunciation for a series of works depicting the Annunciation which were painted for the convent of Saints Annunziata and Amelia; in 1880 these came into the possession of Isabella Stewart Gardner, from whom the name comes. The anonymous painter was identified when the contract for the work was discovered in Terni; it indicated that Piermatteo da Amelia was contracted for the paintings on September 23, 1483."
View a high-resolution image of Piermatteo Annunciation on the website of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; it is much lovelier than this tiny jpg can convey.


Public Service Announcement: Tomorrow, December 8, is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (a Holy Day of Obligation in the United States). Find the Church nearest you.

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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.

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