The Virgin Annunciate

Attributed to Jean Guillaumet French
 probably after design by Jean Hey (called Master of Moulins) Netherlandish

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 636

The Virgin’s contemplative expression conveys her reaction to Gabriel’s startling news that she will conceive and bear the son of God. The exquisite carving of the white limestone convincingly suggests the tactile qualities of her heavy mantle secured by ribbons, her fitted dress, and her thick tresses, modestly tucked away. This refined treatment is typical of the sculptor Jean Guillaumet, who worked in Moulins in the early sixteenth century. Showing the strong influence of Jean Hey, Moulin’s leading painter, the work is an elegant sculptural counterpart to the painted version of the same subject by Hans Memling in this gallery.

The Virgin Annunciate, Attributed to Jean Guillaumet (French, ca. 1465–documented in Bourbon until 1515), White limestone with traces of polychromy, French, Bourbon

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Courtesy of Sam Fogg, London. Photographer: Matt Pia

The Virgin Annunciate, Attributed to Jean Guillaumet (French, ca. 1465–documented in Bourbon until 1515), White limestone with traces of polychromy, French, Bourbon
The Virgin Annunciate, Attributed to Jean Guillaumet (French, ca. 1465–documented in Bourbon until 1515), White limestone with traces of polychromy, French, Bourbon

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