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Due to the health emergency, the Library is closed from January 18, 2021 until further notice.
19/01/2021
NEWS
This panel, with Mannerist characteristics that are so evident that it was long attributed to Parmigianino, has a wealth of symbolic references and classical elements. The scene is set in front of a vaguely classical temple, indicating that the Virgin has believed in the angelic annunciation and has thus become the temple of the Word and the new Ark of the Covenant. Also the figure of the archangel Gabriel has a classical look, almost as though he were Mercury, the messenger of the gods. An open book on Mary’s kneeler – a book of hours, it seems, for it contains rubrics to indicate the correct order of the prayers – bears two biblical quotations (Is 7:14 and Mc 1:34;38) referring to the mystery of the Incarnation.
Due to the health emergency, the Library is closed from January 18, 2021 until further notice.
In compliance with the latest government provisions, the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana remains closed to the public until further notice.