01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Florentine School's the Virgin's Annunciate, with Footnotes - #197

Florentine School, late 16th Century

The Virgin Annunciate

Oil and gold ground on panel

86.6 x 67.2cm (34 1/8 x 26 7/16in).

Private collection

Sold for £9,562.50 in 2022

The composition of the present panel is based on the figure of the Virgin from the famous Annunciation of the mid 13th century in the church of Santissima Annunziata, Florence. Painted by a follower of Giotto, it is said that it was completed by a monk called Bartolomeo with the help of an angel. The composition of the Annunciation served as a model for numerous Florentine artists of the 16th and 17th centuries. More on this painting

The Annunciation, also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the biblical history of the announcement by the archangel Gabriel to Mary that she would conceive and bear a son through a virgin birth and become the mother of Jesus Christ, the Christian Messiah and Son of God, marking the Incarnation. Gabriel told Mary to name her son Immanuel, meaning "God is with us again". More on Madonna Annunciate

Florentine School was a major Italian school of art that flourished between the 13th and 16th centuries, extending from the Early Renaissance to the crisis of Renaissance culture.

The founder of the Florentine school was Giotto, whose work placed Florence in the foreground of pre-Renaissance art. The work of his successors, who included Taddeo Gaddi and Maso di Banco, developed along the lines he had originated. However, toward the middle of the 14th century conciseness and clarity of form (as seen in the work of A. di Bonaiuti) disappeared, and a tendency toward linear and flat form became prevalent (Nardo di Cione and, occasionally, Orcagna). In the last 30 years of the 14th century a trend toward the international Gothic style prevailed (Agnolo Gaddi and Lorenzo Monaco). More on Florentine School

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