Certain scenes from the Gospels somehow lend themselves to particularly lovely images. Foremost among these is probably the Annunciation, the announcement by the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she had been chosen among women to become the mother of Jesus.
Listed below are the twelves illuminated miniatures at the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, portraying the Annunciation. Browsing through them will, I hope, be both a joy and an education in the great variety of concepts and styles brought to this theme by artists over the course of six centuries.
Miniatures --
Annunciation, ca. 1025, by Unknown Annunciation, ca. 1170, by Unknown (unusual composition) Annunciation, ca. 1240, by Unknown
Annunciation, ca. 1410, by a Follower of the Boucicaut Master Annunciation, 1450s, by the Master of the Llangattock Hours Annunciation, early 1460s, by Willem Vrelant Annunciation, ca. 1469, by Taddeo Crivelli
Annunciation, ca. 1480, by an Associate of Georges Trubert Annunciation, ca. 1480, by Jean Bourdichon Annunciation, ca. 1480, by the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book
Annunciation, ca. 1510, by the Master of James IV of Scotland Annunciation, ca. 1525, by Simon Bening (personal favorite)
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