Altarpiece:
The angel Gabriel
tempera on panel (30 × 18 cm) — 1308-11
Duccio di Buoninsegna ca. 1255 – 1319
Thessalonians 4:16 - For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Duccio's masterpiece the Maestà was sawn into pieces in 1711, in order to put it in more than one chapel. Several panels entered the art market. This panel with the archangel Gabriel ended up in the Netherlands, in Castle Huis Bergh. It was probably part of a row with panels on top of the altarpiece.
The angel is depicted in half figure, against a golden background. He is dressed in a blue gown with a red cape. In his hand he holds a thin stick, perhaps a spear, one of his common attributes.
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