Pietà and Annunciation

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1939 Triptych with the Pietà in the central panel, and the Annunciation in the side panels, with Gabriel on the left and Mary on the right. medium: oil on wood technique: painting size: 225 cm (width) artist: Allan R. Henderson Church of St John the Baptist, Newport east end of the south aisle (Lady Chapel) The reredos was begun by A.R. Henderson, but completed by an unknown artist after his death, and installed in October 1939.  (ObjectID=294 ImageID=1094) Original File Name=_MG_2120.jpg

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• 'Pietah', 'Vesperbild', 'Marienklage': Christ, either with or without crown of thorns, mourned by Mary 
• the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel  [Luke 1:26-38]

Sarah Boss, 'Biblical images of Mary in the visual tradition of Wales' (London: SPCK, 2008), pp. 179-81.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales