James Cordova Arts

Anunciacion

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anunciacion

Bulto, 1999

Hand-carved wood, home-made gesso, water-based natural pigments, piñon-resin varnish.

30 in. x 24 in. x 17 in.

La Anunciación (The Annunciation)

A representation of the archangel Gabriel announcing to the Virgin Mary that she is to bear the Son of God by virtue of her pure and righteous state. A white dove representing the Holy Spirit who is about to miraculously impregnate the Virgin appears somewhere in the composition, often descending on the Virgin.


updated 15 April 05