Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Annunciation
Image View:
Detail, Gabriel appears before Mary
Creator:
Gentile Bellini (Italian painter, ca. 1429-1507)
Location:
repository: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Inv. no. 38 (1930.9)
Location Note:
Paseo del Prado, 8
GPS:
40.416111-3.695
Date:
ca. 1475 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint; tempera paint on wood panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
133 cm (height) x 124 cm (width)
Subjects:
architecture; cityscape; New Testament; saints; Gabriel (Archangel); Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description:
The composition of this Annunciation is different, partly due to its setting, which takes the form of an empty city in which the Angel Gabriel delivers the message to Mary. Both the structure and the pronounced angle of the façades of the buildings function to emphasize the perspective and increase the sense of depth. In this complex construction various authors have detected the influence of the painter’s brother-in-law, Andrea Mantegna, more specifically his work on the frescoes of the Eremitani chapel in Padua. (Source: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum [website]; https://www.museothy ssen.org/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-GBELLINI-TBM-TA- A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Annunciation