PANEL DEPICTING THE ANNUNCIATION

carved from cedar wood with a hammered background and flat silhouette reliefs highlighted with black ink in the pyrografata style, depicting a central scene of the Annunciation within a guilloché frame, the perimeter flanked by two female martyrs, including Saint Catherine of Alexandria on the left, with tetramorphs in the corners and scenes from the life of Christ.
Italy, Friuli, late 15th century, early 16th century.
Height: 54.5 cm – Width: 91 cm
(Former panel from a cassone, with visible damage, losses and restoration)