One of Schwartz’s last paintings shows Mary alone, hooded, one hand pressed to her breast. There is no angel in the frame. We see only her answer: quiet, and certain.
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Other masters in room 2, Be It unto Me:
Carl Bloch
The Annunciation, 1865–1879
Oil on copper
Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle
One of the 23 King's Oratory paintings
Frans Schwartz
The Annunciation, 1899
Etching
SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark (KKS7630)
James Tissot
The Annunciation, 1886–1894
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.16)
Alexander Ivanov
The Annunciation, late 1840s–1858
Watercolor and pencil on paper (Biblical Sketches)
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
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Image: Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.
