天使报喜

Hans Memling Netherlandish

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 953

梅林的这幅《天使报喜》模仿了现藏于慕尼黑的罗希尔·范德魏登的《圣高隆巴祭坛画》左翼板，但他的新颖诠释将原本跪着的童女玛利亚换成了正要昏厥的童女被两个天使托住。与其他十五世纪的佛兰德斯画家一样，梅林将宗教的意象隐藏在描绘日常生活的绘画语言之下。百合花象征童女的贞洁，空的烛台预示她即将怀上基督——世界之光。天使加百列身着神职人员的装束，暗指弥撒仪式，因此也暗指基督的道成肉身。圣灵的鸽子表明道成肉身正如圣经中所述已经发生，而童女玛利亚的左手正指着这段经文。

The Annunciation, Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges), Oil on panel, transferred to canvas

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The Annunciation, Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges), Oil on panel, transferred to canvas
The Annunciation, Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges), Oil on panel, transferred to canvas
The Annunciation, Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges), Oil on panel, transferred to canvas
The Annunciation, Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges), Oil on panel, transferred to canvas

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