The Waiting 1900

by Nikiforos Lytras

Oil on canvas
68x50 cm Athens National Gallery

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Patricio VarettoArt Lover (0)
7 years ago
It looks like an annunciation. The woman is Mary; She is waiting for the angel's announcement. There is a flowerpot with lilies, the classic symbol of the iconography of annunciations. Original, interesting, secularizing

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