1486 Egg And Oil On Canvas Carlo Crivelli 1430 . 1495 Italian Painter The National Gallery, London Description According to some art critics, this painted was destined for the Church SS Annunziata of Ascoli Piceno, to celebrate the self government granted to the town in 1482 By Pope Sixtus IV. On the graound there are two angels, inside the room there is Mary. The winged angels are Saint Gabriel and Saint Emidius, being the patron he is carrying the model of the town of Ascoli Piceno. The lightray comes from the sky to show that Mary s receiving Jesus Christ into the womb by Holy Spirit. The pure water in Mary's room means verginity. The Dove represent the Holy Spirit. The Apple represents the forbidden fruit, the consequence of the fall of man. The Cucumber means the promise of Resurrection and Redemption, the Peacock immortality. There are also the coats of arm of Pope Sixtus IV and the local bishop Prospero Caffareli. The two figures above at the top of stairs are franciscanfri
Oil on Canvas 1516-1518 Raphael Sanzio, Italian Painter, Renaissance Period National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh Description : The scene is taken from the apocryphal gospels, it tells the story of the Holy Family returning from Egypt. The setting is rural, in the background there is an ancient temple with towers, a river and hills. The Madonna is with her son Baby Jesus, who whispers something to St. John the Baptist, who is wearing a camel fur. Behind the hedge there is St. Joseph, dressed in yellow and with the classic stick with the bundle, watches his family attentively.