Andrei Rublev's version of this scene shows the right-hand figure enthroned under a red canopy and the left-hand figure with his front foot above the back foot in a striding-up position.
The Gladzor Gospels show this scene with a fountain between the protagonists. Andrei Rublev's version of this scene shows the right-hand figure enthroned under a red canopy and the left-hand figure with his front foot above the back foot in a striding-up position. A figure in blue shrinks back into her chair beneath a circle of doves in a version of this scene finished by Lippo Memmi. That version of this scene is sometimes named for the saints flanking it, Margaret and Ansanus, and is the masterwork of (*) Simone Martini. A version of the scene whose left-hand panel shows Joseph building a mousetrap was painted by Robert Campin. These scenes often feature golden text emerging from an angel's mouth and either a branch or vase of white lilies representing the main female figure. For 10 points, name this scene which is the subject of the Merode Altarpiece, the act of Gabriel informing the Virgin she will bear Christ.
The Gladzor Gospels show this scene with a fountain between the protagonists.
Annunciation