The Annunciation

The angel Gabriel tells Mary, a virgin, that she will bear the son of God, Jesus. Martin Schongauer fills the tender scene with delicacy and grace. As had already become customary by his time, he shows Mary as having been interrupted while at prayer, but his unusually tight composition, with Gabriel approaching Mary from behind, emphasizes the element of surprise. In another innovation, he gave Gabriel a laurel crown, which had associations with both love and power. In the sky, we catch a glimpse of God, who has sent the Holy Spirit, symbolized as a dove, to impregnate Mary.

Sull’opera

Scheda

Nella stessa sala · G344, Minneapolis Institute of Art

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In catalogo

Fonti

Madonna and Child in a Window

Christ Carrying the Cross

The Death of the Virgin

The Adoration of the Magi, from The Life of Christ

The Nativity, from the Life of Christ

The Betrayal of Christ, from The Passion

The Baptism of Christ

Kruisdraging

The Death of the Virgin, c. 1473–74

Adoration of the Magi, 1753–57

The Miracle of the Santa Casa of Loreto (recto); The Virgin and Child Carried by Angels (verso), c. 1700

The Holy Family with St. Elizabeth and the Infant St. John the Baptist, 1655–65

The Virgin and Child with Cat and Snake, 1654

Christ Returning from the Temple with His Parents, 1654

The Flight into Egypt (altered from Tobias and the Angel by Hercules Segers), 1653

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, early 1640s