The Annunciation
Also titled De verkondiging aan Maria
Tilman Riemenschneider (ca. –1531)
c. 1485 - c. 1487
- Medium
- alabaster (mineral)
- Classification
- figure
- Dimensions
- height 39.5 cm x width 40.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Tilman Riemenschneider, one of the most important German sculptors of the late Middle Ages, created a highly original version of The Annunciation here. The angel Gabriel, whose drapery billows out as he flies down, is dynamic and full of vitality, contrasting with the Virgin’s subdued emotion. Petrified and taken completely by surprise, she stares into space while closing her book.
