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| Keywords: Jean Bellegambe - Annunciation - Walters 37288.jpg The archangel Gabriel's greeting to the Virgin Mary and her response is often represented on the exterior of winged altarpieces as it signals Christ's conception Indeed these two panels were originally the exterior wings of an altarpiece featuring on the interior a Madonna and Child in the center now in Brussels and Sts Catherine and Barbara on the two side wings Art Institute of Chicago While the interior was painted in naturalistic colors to create an illusion of reality the painter has followed a long tradition of painting the exterior in grisaille shades of gray to resemble carved stone statues in a niche Jean Bellegambe's shop was in Douai which was then near the border of the Netherlands and France While his patrons came mainly from northern France his style was deeply influenced by late medieval styles of Antwerp ca 1515 1520 Early Modern oil on panel cm 95 8 57 2 accession number 37 288 30108 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 Prayers in Code Books of Hours from Renaissance France The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2009 place of origin Douai France Walters Art Museum license Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Jehan Bellegambe Gothic paintings of Annunciation Closed triptychs Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
