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| Keywords: Joinville-Vignory Workshop - Annunciation - Walters 27301.jpg This relief is from an altarpiece that probably depicted the life of Christ The Archangel Gabriel appears to the Virgin carrying a scroll upon which his salutation Ave Maria gratia plena Hail Mary full of grace probably appeared as it does on the version below God the Father holds an orb representing the universe and blesses the event The vase of lilies an allusion to the Virgin's purity is often found in Annunciation scenes The flamboyant sweep of Gabriel's immense wings which encompasses the donor a Franciscan monk and gently caressing the Virgin is a feature shared with reliefs from a workshop that flourished from the 1390s to the 1440s in the neighboring towns of Joinville and Vignory in northeast France Most of these reliefs were intended to be painted There is a second relief from the same workshop in the Walters 27 253 between 1425 1430 Late Gothic limestone cm 32 5 43 2 ; Framed cm 36 46 5 7 8 accession number 27 301 1955 Jacques Seligmann Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 place of origin Haute-Marne France Walters Art Museum license Renaissance reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Joinville-Vignory Workshop Reliefs of the Annunciation | ||||
