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6.50" x 8.00"
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6.50" x 8.00"
The Annunciation #8 Wood Print
by Heritage Images
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The Annunciation #8 wood print by Heritage Images. Bring your artwork to life with the texture and added depth of a wood print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 3/4" thick maple wood. There are D-clips on the back of the print for mounting it to your wall using mounting hooks and nails (included).
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The Annunciation, circa 1480. Bouts was the son of the painter Dieric, from a family of painters in Leuven. He specialized in small devotional... more
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The Annunciation, circa 1480. Bouts was the son of the painter Dieric, from a family of painters in Leuven. He specialized in small devotional paintings for a ready market in Antwerp and other Flemish cities. This painting depicts an important event in the life of Mary?the Annunciation by the angel Gabriel that she will conceive and bear a son. The Incarnation of Christ is believed to have taken place at precisely this moment. The prevalence of this scene in medieval Christian art reflects its doctrinal importance and its role as a meditative event. The Virgin is represented here in a luxurious private chapel. The vase with lilies on the floor symbolizes her purity. The orange on the window sill is a symbol of chastity and generosity, and the closed book suggests the Old Testament prophecies have now been fulfilled. Mary is praying from her book of hours, much like an affluent merchant?s wife in medieval Bruges or Antwerp. Books of hours, private devotional books for lay people, were a...
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