03 — ARTWORK
The Annunciation
- MEDIUM
- Oil on wood, 79 x 55 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
UNDERLINED TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE GLOSSARY.
The Annunciationthe term for the event described in the Gospel according to St. Luke, when the Angel Gabriel brings the Virgin Mary the news that she is to bear her son, Jesus Christ. The Annunciation was among the most widespread pictorial subjects of European art during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. c. 1489 Oil on wood, 79 x 55 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
This painting is one of the works featuring elongated figures which contribute to the monumental effect of the composition. Other examples with a similar typologyA system of classification. In Christian thought, the drawing of parallels between the Old Testament and the New. Typological studies were based on the assumption that Old Testament figures and events prefigured those in the New, e.g. the story of Jonah and the whale prefigured Christ's death and resurrection. Such typological links were frequently used in both medieval and Renaissance art. - seemingly characteristic of Memling's later works - include the St Jerome (Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel) and Christ at the columna vertical structural member having a circular cross-section and usually consisting of a base, a long shaft, and a capital. (Colección Mateu, Barcelona).
CITE THIS RECORD — BIBTEX
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {The Annunciation by MEMLING, Hans},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/memling-hans-r4666dbd4a024c7/the-annunciation-rf9180794c6980d},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
