Filippo della Valle
The Annunciation

This unusual Annunciation dispenses with the objects usually placed to characterize the Virgin (book, vase of lilies, prie-dieu) and focuses her attention and ours on a basket of bread, symbolizing the body of Christ "which is given for you" in the sacrament of the Eucharist (Luke 22:19).

Detail of the Father and the Holy Spirit
Detail of the Virgin Mary

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