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| Keywords: Jean Bourdichon (French - The Annunciation - Google Art Project.jpg Domine labia me aperies et os meum annunciabit laudem tuam Lord open my lips and my mouth will declare your praise declare the words beneath this miniature of the Annunciation This sentence taken from a verse of Psalm 50 opens Matins of the Hours of the Virgin Following the traditional iconography of the Hours of the Virgin the illuminator illustrated each of the eight devotions with an episode from Mary's life The Virgin prays in her private Italianate chapel just as the manuscript's owner may also have done The angel Gabriel interrupts her and announces that she will give birth to Jesus Above Gabriel and the Virgin the Holy Spirit in the guise of a dove flies toward the future mother of God on a stream of golden rays of light This supernatural light shines on the Virgin and angel below creating highlights on their deeply colored gowns The Virgin and angel's voluminous gowns give weight to their bodies contributing to the miniature's three-dimensional quality From Jean Fouquet his predecessor as court painter at Tours Jean Bourdichon learned to use geometry to create monumental figures symmetrical compositions and the credible illusion of three-dimensional space 1457 1521 1457 - 1521 active Tours France early 1480s - 1521 6827178 Jean Bourdichon French French 1457 - 1521 /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/the-annunciation-jean-bourdichon-french-1457-1521-active-tours-france-early-1480s-1521/6827177/ Jean Bourdichon French 1457 - 1521 active Tours France early 1480s - 1521 illuminator /artist/jean-bourdichon/6807389/ 6807389 /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/ The J Paul Getty Museum 343005 http //www getty edu/museum 3/12/2012 1 54 51 PM /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/the-annunciation-jean-bourdichon-french-1457-1521-active-tours-france-early-1480s-1521/6827177/ 1480 about 1480 - 1485 Doves Deer Archangel Gabriel Holy Spirit Annunciation Tempera colors gold and ink on parchment 164 6827177 True 1485 3/25/2012 8 40 39 PM lido getty edu-gm-obj2867 http //www getty edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails artobj 2867 http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html Folio 1480 1490 Tours France Creation w116 x h164 cm about 1480 - 1485 False 0 677734375 Part the-annunciation-jean-bourdichon-french-1457-1521-active-tours-france-early-1480s-1521 The Annunciation a 116 Tempera colors gold and ink on parchment Doves Deer Archangel Gabriel Holy Spirit Annunciation http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html special url_id ewG6W77QFkNpdA PD-old-100-1923 1521 Google Art Project works by Jean Bourdichon Miniatures of annunciation Angels with green wings Medieval miniatures of deers MS 6 Getty museum - Katherine Hours Miniatures of lions Psalm 50 | ||||
