1517
oil
panel
From the collection of Walters Art Museum
Annunciation is a 1517 oil by Jehan Bellegambe, a Northern Renaissance work, held at Walters Art Museum.
This painting depicts a serene scene of the Annunciation, with the Virgin Mary and the Archangel Gabriel. The Virgin Mary is shown sitting, wearing a long white dress and a yellow headscarf, with her hands clasped together in front of her. She is looking down, seemingly in contemplation. The Archangel Gabriel stands before her, dressed in a white robe with a yellow headscarf, holding a scepter in his right hand and his left hand on his chest. The background of the painting is a muted gray, which helps to focus attention on the two figures. The artist's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and volume in the scene. To learn more about the artist's use of chiaroscuro, look up Jehan Bellegambe.
Jehan Bellegambe or Jean Bellegambe (sometimes Belgamb or Belganb) (c. 1470 – c. June 1535/March 1536) was a French-speaking Flemish painter of religious paintings, triptychs and polyptychs, the most important of which…
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