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- Philippe de Champaigne (1602 - 1674)
- The Annunciation
- France
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- Date: c.1648
- Object Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Image size: 334 x 214.5 cm, maximum
- Object size: 355 x 239 x 11 cm
- Inv: P134
- Location: Great Gallery
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- One of Champaigne's great masterworks of religious painting in its quiet monumentality, deep colour scheme and seemingly simple composition. This painting depicts the moment in St Luke’s Gospel when the Angel Gabriel tells Mary that the Holy Spirit, symbolised by the descending dove, will cause her to bear the son of God. Champaigne painted numerous images of the theme. This is a late version, in which the Virgin and the Angel are involved in a silent dialogue. The Virgin is here shown in front of her bed and her prayer stool, evoking the domestic setting of the scene that was seen as reflecting her specific virtues. The scene is strongly lit by real light from the right, heavenly light accompanying the Holy Spirit is emanating from God through the clouds.
The painting was probably made for the church of Saint Catherine-de-la-Culture in the Marais, Paris, being listed among the parish’s possessions after the French Revolution. A small version, probably a preliminary modello, is in the Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull.
- One of Champaigne's great masterworks of religious painting in its quiet monumentality, deep colour scheme and seemingly simple composition. This painting depicts the moment in St Luke’s Gospel when the Angel Gabriel tells Mary that the Holy Spirit, symbolised by the descending dove, will cause her to bear the son of God. Champaigne painted numerous images of the theme. This is a late version, in which the Virgin and the Angel are involved in a silent dialogue. The Virgin is here shown in front of her bed and her prayer stool, evoking the domestic setting of the scene that was seen as reflecting her specific virtues. The scene is strongly lit by real light from the right, heavenly light accompanying the Holy Spirit is emanating from God through the clouds.