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gin is kneeling. All the details of the room have been observed with an accurate and reportorial eye.
In the midst of all this realism, however, there is an enormous amount of symbolism as well. The landscape itself is a glimpse into infinity from the confines of the room. The lily in the foreground and its glass vase both symbolize the perfect purity of the Virgin.
The Archangel Gabriel’s very presence is a symbol for he is both the Angel of Redemption and the Chief Messenger of God. iH is liturgical costume is both realistic and symbolic, realistic in its recognizable pattern and texture and symbolic in that his under garment stands for chastity, purity and eternal joy while his outer garment symbolizes salvation.
The symbols, then, have transformed the realistic painting into an expectant and reverent expression. This has been done even in spite of the use of both the Virgin and the Archangel Gabriel of fac
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