Tapestry with the Annunciation, ca. 1410–20, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool with a few metallic wefts, Overall: 138 x 117i

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Tapestry with the Annunciation, ca. 1410–20, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool with a few metallic wefts, Overall: 138 x 117in. ( x ), Textiles-Tapestries, Seated within an elaborate room, the Virgin Mary looks away from her book on the reading lectern, startled by the sudden entrance of the archangel Gabriel. He holds a scroll with the words Ave gracia plena (“Hail Mary, full of grace

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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