This charming Annunciation by Eugène Delacroix was just a draft created to accompany a proposal for a project. He was chosen as the replacement artist for the Chapel of the Virgin in the Church of Saint-Denys-du-Saint-Sacrement in Paris. According to the Louvre's website, the parish priest wanted either an Annunciation or an Assumption. Delacroix really wanted to paint (and in the end did paint) a Pietà.
I think Delacroix's Annunciation fits well in these days before Christmas: the warm colors and subtle lighting, the open door with its view of the countryside and the two angels in the rafters hint at the stable of Bethlehem where Mary "will bear a son and give him the name Jesus."
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The Annunciation, Eugène Delacroix © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Gérard Blot Used with permission. |
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