Paolo Farinati came from Verona and worked mainly in Verona, Mantua and Venice and in numerous smaller places. In his style, he merged mainly Roman and Venetian influences.
Maria kneels to the left of the podium with the scriptures, from whose reading she is startled by the arrival of the archangel. In a gentle and elegant turn, Gabriel leans toward the startled Mary to tell her that the Holy Spirit will receive the Son of God. The expression of the faces is very intimate and touching. The room is only hinted at and is mostly filled with clouds on which the archangel descended from heaven.
The style of painting clearly shows the influence of Titian's late, painterly, form-dissolving style. Titian's proclamation in the Church of San Salvador in Venice could have inspired him with the dramatic and at the same time mystical lighting direction.
According to Allesandro Delpriori, Mary's profile shows similarity to that of the Madonna in the Adoration of the Magi at the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona. The angel's posture resembles the Cupid of a drawing by Farinati in the Louvre, Paris (Mars, Venus, Eros and Anteros).
22,5 × 18 cm
Oil on copper
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