Jan van Eyck, (artist), Netherlandish, c. 1390 - 1441, The Annunciation, c. 1434/1436, oil on canvas transferred from panel, painted surface: 90.2 x 34.1 cm (35 1/2 x 13 7/16 in.), support: 92.7 x 36.7 cm (36 1/2 x 14 7/16 in.), framed: 97.31 ⊙ 42.23 ⊙ 6.99 cm (38 5/16 ⊙ 16 5/8 ⊙ 2 3/4 in.), The Annunciation described by Saint Luke is interpreted in terms of actuality in this painting, which was probably once the left wing of a triptych. The formseven that of the archangelseem to have weight and volume. Light and shadow play over them in a natural way, and with amazing skill, Jan van Eyck has distinguished between the textures of materials ranging from hard, polished stone to the soft, fragile petals of flowers..