All I have been able to find out about this Annunciation (so far!) is that it is possibly of Dutch origin, circa 1520, and is housed in the Berlin Gemäldegalerie.
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Annunciation, 1520 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
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. Three times a day, we are invited to pause and reaffirm our faith in the Incarnation: that "God so loved the world he sent his only Son" (Jn 3:16).
I thought The Angelus Project had featured all of El Greco's Annunciations already! I was wrong. This gem, dated 1577-1580, was hiding in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.
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Annunciation, El Greco c 1577-1580 Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya |
From the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya comes this amazing Gothic Annunciation by an unknown artist from 15th century Valencia, Spain.
Annunciation, 15 century Valencian Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya |