Spanish school; 17th century.

Spanish school; XVII century.
"Annunciation".
Oil on canvas.
Presents restorations.
Measurements: 68 x 137 cm.

Baroque school painting representing the theme of the Annunciation of the Birth of Jesus to the Virgin. The room of Mary is barely insinuated by the lectern on which rests the open book that she was reading when the angel Gabriel appears to her accompanied with a break of golden glory in which the Holy Spirit and three seraphim burst in. The golden and indeterminate light focuses attention on the figures, placed in the foreground, as befits this theme following the approaches that emerged at the Council of Trent.
The Annunciation is one of the most represented themes in Christian art for marking the Incarnation of Christ as man and as God, with Mary maintaining her purity and virginal state, points of great theological importance. Thus, throughout the evolution of the different styles in European art, there is a great variety of models and different details according to style, school and period. The present work is clearly related to Baroque works because of the palette chosen, the iconography (with details maintained from earlier traditions), the hallmarks of light, etc.