Annunciation with Beato Bernardo Tolomei di Siena 1800 - 1900

This anonymous drawing from the 19th century depicts the Annunciation. An angel, with a lily in his hand, kneels before the Virgin Mary, who sits in a richly decorated Gothic structure. The scene is set within a grand, architectural space, likely meant to represent a church or monastery. The inscription on the bottom right corner, "B. BERN" TOLOMEI DI SIENA, suggests the drawing may have been related to a devotional object or a depiction of the Beato Bernardo Tolomei, a Sienese religious figure. The delicate lines and intricate detail of the drawing are characteristic of a period when there was renewed interest in the art of the Italian Renaissance.