QUERCIA, Jacopo della
(b. ca. 1367, Quercia Grossa, d. 1438, Siena)

Annunciation: the Angel

1421-26
Painted wood, height: 175 cm
Collegiata, San Gimignano

A number of wooden polychrome works are assigned to Jacopo della Quercia. The lyrical Annunciation is heavily repainted. The angel once held an olive branch.