Archangel Gabriel in square detail of the Annunciation, the announcement by Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive a son by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romanesque stone capital, sculpted in around 1190 AD, in a cloister at a Benedictine monastery, the Monasterio de San Juan de la Peña, near Jaca in Huesca province, Aragon, Spain. The artwork is one of 20 Romanesque capitals in this monastery cloister by the same sculptor, known as The Master of San Juan de la Peña or Master of Aguero.
Monasterio de San Juan de la Peña, near Jaca, Huesca province, Aragon, Spain: square format detail of a carved late-12th century Romanesque cloister capital depicting the Archangel Gabriel as he informs the Virgin Mary that she will give birth to a son. The Annunciation artwork was carved in about 1190 AD by a sculptor known as The Master of San Juan de la Peña. It is one of 20 Romanesque capitals in the cloistered courtyard, built to symbolize a New Jerusalem, that depict Old and New Testament scenes to tell the Bible story from the Creation to Christ’s Ascension. The carvings are all by the same hand. The Benedictine monastery was founded below a bulging rock overhang in the Sierra de la Peña, in the Central Pyrenees, by hermit monks fleeing expansion of the Moorish territories in Spain. It stands on the Camino de Santiago or Way of St James Christian pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.
Size: 2775px × 2775px
Location: Monasterio de San Juan de la Peña, near Jaca, Huesca province, Aragon, Spain.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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