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LOT 0392

Stained Glass Panel with the Annunciation

FLEMISH, 19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

25 1/2 x 21 in. (4.5 kg, 65 x 53.5 cm).

In late 15th century style, showing youthful nimbate Mary on the foreground dressed in red-and-blue cloak and holding her hands crossed at her chest, Archangel Gabriel hovering in the air and pointing a finger, dressed in a decorated white cassock; rich architectural background with columns and arches, a red vase of lilies on the green and black marble floor, Flemish inscription below 'DE BOODSCHAP DES ENGELS’ (the angel’s message) in uncial letters; some restoration. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a war-damaged church in Belgium.
Ex property of a late Northumberland collector.
From a private collection, Derbyshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. similar structure of ‘The Annunciation’, work of Simon Bening, Fiammingo, early 16th century A.D., Paul Getty Museum, inv.no.83.ML.115.13v.

Footnotes

The scene represents the announcement made by the angel Gabriel to Mary, that she would conceive and bear a son through the Holy Spirit (according to the Gospel of Luke, I, 26-38). In some regional contexts it is called Conceptio Domini or Conceptio Christi.

CONDITION
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LOT 0392

Stained Glass Panel with the Annunciation

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820

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