Jan van Eyck, (artist), Netherlandish, c. 1390 - 1441, The Annunciation, c. 1434/1436, oil on canvas transferred from panel, painted surface: x cm (35 1/2 x 13 7/16 in.), support: x cm (36 1/2 x 14 7/16 in.), framed: × × cm (38 5/16 × 16 5/8 × 2 3/4 in.), The Annunciation described by Saint Luke is interpreted in terms of actuality in this painting, which was probably once the left wing of a triptych. The forms—even that of the archangel—seem to have weight and volume. Light and shadow play over them in a natural way, and with amazing skill, Jan van Eyck

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