In this painting the Latin phrase "Ecce ancilla domini" is written upside down so the Lord can read it from above.
In this painting the Latin phrase "Ecce ancilla domini" is written upside down so the Lord can read it from above. Themain Âfigures in this painting stand on top of the zodiac signs for Aries and Virgo, which decorate the borders of wooden flfloortiles that depict Old Testament scenes including Samson destroying the temple and David slaying Goliath. The setting of thispainting transitions from Romanesque rounded arches on the top flfloor to Gothic pointed arches on the bottom flfloor. Anempty red stool on its lower right-hand corner symbolizes a prepared throne waiting for the main female, who is probablymodeled on Isabella of Portugal, the wife of Phillip the Good, and stands beside a crowned angel with rainbow wings inside achurch where they seem disproportionately large compared to the scale of the architecture. In this painting, seven rays of lightand the dove of the Holy Spirit descend on the Virgin Mary. For 10 points, name this Jan van Eyck painting of the biblicalscene where the angel Gabriel proclaims the birth of Christ.
In this painting the Latin phrase "Ecce ancilla domini" is written upside down so the Lord can read it from above.
The Annunciation