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Abner's Messenger before David (?); The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon; The Annunciation  1480

by Master of the legend of St Barbara

These panels, showing narrative scenes of Abner's Messenger before David (?) and The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon, once formed the interior wings of a triptych. The Annunciation on the reverse sides would have been visible when the altarpiece was closed. Painted in grisaille in imitation of stone sculpture, the Annunciation acted as a prelude to the theme of Ch...
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Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art