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Tapisserie : Annonciation

ca. 1410–20
Not on view
Assise dans une pièce richement décorée, la Vierge Marie abandonne la lecture d’un livre posé sur un lutrin, effrayée par l’entrée soudaine de l’archange Gabriel. Celui-ci porte un rouleau où se lisent les mots AVE GRATIA PLENA (Je vous salue [Marie], pleine de grâce). Depuis le ciel, Dieu le Père envoie à la Vierge l’Enfant-Jésus portant une croix, précédé du Saint-Esprit sous la forme d’une colombe. L’enfant et la colombe descendent jusqu’à l’oreille de la Vierge : selon la croyance, c’est ainsi qu’elle avait conçu. Le jardin clos figure la virginité de Marie et le lys blanc unique qui émerge d’un vase au décor élaboré symbolise sa pureté.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Tapisserie : Annonciation
  • Date: v. 1410–1430
  • Aire géographique: Pays-Bas méridionaux
  • Technique: Chaîne de laine, trame de laine et fil gainé de métal doré
  • Dimensions: 3,5 x 2,97 m
  • Crédits: Don de Harriet Barnes Pratt à la mémoire de son mari, Harold Irving Pratt (1er février 1877–21 mai 1939), 1949
  • Accession Number: 45.76
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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