# The Annunciation \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER of the Aix Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-aix-annunciation-r5bcd9497248113>)
- Date: 1401-1450
- Technique: Panel

## Commentary

The scene is placed within a spacious Gothic cathedral, or, more specifically, in its vestibule. This in itself is symbolic; as a church can only be entered after passing through the porch, so the Church, conceived in both meanings as a building and an organization, cannot come into being without the incarnation of Jesus. The rich colours are used to stress the central importance of Mary; the lily in the vase is a reference to her miraculous virginity. Fine-spun yellow hair frames the face downcast in devout attention; her kneeling figure is enveloped in the gold-shot fabric of her mantle, made of the famous &#34;Tours&#34; brocade, and the whole is effectively enclosed in the sombre greys of the walls.

## Related artworks

- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-aix-annunciation-r5bcd9497248113/annunciation-rf3a53cda4d7dea>)
- [Prophet Jeremiah and Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-aix-annunciation-r5bcd9497248113/prophet-jeremiah-and-christ-r9c416ca8791787>)
- [The Prophet Jeremiah](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-aix-annunciation-r5bcd9497248113/the-prophet-jeremiah-ra1c585ef0789c0>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)