The Virgin Annunciate, 1470–80, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on parchment, 8 3/16 x 3 1/8in. (20.8 x 7.9cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, Ferrarese, 15th century, Facing right with her eyes closed, ready to embrace the message of the Annunciation, the Virgin Mary here stands under an arch decorated with a classical frieze. She is wrapped in a long mantle defined through flat, broad, metallic folds that have a distinctly Ferrarese character, as do her square face and broad hand
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Virgin Annunciate, 1470–80, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, parchment, 8 3/16 x 3 1/8in, 20.8 7.9cm, Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, Ferrarese, 15th century, Facing right, eyes closed, ready, embrace, message, Annunciation, Mary, stands under, arch decorated, classical frieze, wrapped, long mantle, defined, flat, broad, metallic folds, distinctly Ferrarese, character, do, square face, broad hand
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