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The hand of the Angel is raised in a gesture representing speech. The scene usually showns the Angel, the Virgin and the Dove symbolising the Holy Spirit descending towards her, often combined with other symbols. The feast of the Annunication is 25th March and its setting in spring is indicated by a vase of flowers, usually lilies which also symbolise the Virgin's purity. The arch on the left suggests that the Virgin was in an adjacent room which would have been represented on a separate panel.","physicalDescription":"Relief. Istrian stone. Oblong. The relief, which is recessed within a foliated border, represents an interior with a brick wall at the back and two narrow arched doorways at the sides, that on the left open and that on the right closed. At the left of the relief is a large vase of lilies, and to its right is the Annunciatory Angel, represented in left profile with the right hand rasied in salutation and a lily in the left hand kneeling on a platform of cloud. 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