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This painting appeared on the outside of the right wing of an altarpiece possibly made for a member of the Bollis family of Sint-Truiden. It is painted in grisaille (in shades of black, white and grey) and would have been visible when the altarpiece was closed. The Virgin Mary rises and turns to greet the Archangel Gabriel, who appears on the opposite wing; she has shut the book she had been reading. Together, the two wings showed the Annunciation – the moment Gabriel told Mary she would bear a child. The whole triptych (painting in three parts) was probably produced in the workshop of Pieter Coecke van Aalst. It bears some resemblance to an Annunciation painted in Coecke’s workshop for Willem van Brussel, Abbot of St Trudo, between 1516 and 1532.
Title
The Virgin Annunciate: Reverse of Right Hand Shutter
Date
probably 1525-35
Medium
Oil on canvas, transferred from oak
Measurements
H 76.2 x W 43.2 cm
Accession number
NG1088.5
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Mrs Joseph H. Green, 1880
Work type
Painting
