In a panel showing this scene, a woman whose red dress folds form a star sits reading on a benchtopped by four lions, and a tiny naked man with a cross flies through a window trailing light.
In a panel showing this scene, a woman whose red dress folds form a star sits reading on a benchtopped by four lions, and a tiny naked man with a cross flies through a window trailing light. When closed,the Ghent Altarpiece depicts this scene above its patrons praying before two grisaille statues; by contrast,this scene occupies the left-most panel of the fully open Isenheim Altarpiece. This scene lies to the left ofSt. Joseph building a mousetrap in the center panel of the Merode Altarpiece. An altarpiece for SantoDomenico in Fiesole showing this scene was painted by Fra Angelico. For 10 points, name this Biblicalscene, often followed by the Nativity, in which Gabriel informs Mary that she will be pregnant with Jesus.
In a panel showing this scene, a woman whose red dress folds form a star sits reading on a benchtopped by four lions, and a tiny naked man with a cross flies through a window trailing light.
Annunciation [prompt on descriptions of Mary being visited by Gabriel]