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MASTER of Flémalle: Annunciation

🖼 Annunciation, c. 1430
Oil on wood
76 × 70 cm
Madrid, Spain

Intimate interior bathed in northern light reveals Mary startled mid-prayer, flanked by Gabriel in jeweled robes and domestic furnishings rendered with jeweler's precision. This revolutionary work anchors sacred mystery within bourgeois space, establishing Flemish realism's foundation and influencing Renaissance painting across Europe.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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