"The Annunciation" umbrella

112 cm in diameter. 92 cms long.

A Florentine garden, rendered with tiny brushtrokes, stirs to life under a Renaissance dawn. Plants coil gently around two sorrowing figures; flowers and grass caress their feet. We are drawn deep into the paradise of Fra Angelico's Annunciation, one of the most fertile gardens in the whole Prado collection in terms both of the number of species represented and of the lush foliage. Their highly precise execution suggests that the artist examined the actual plants closely in minute detail. This is reflected in this beautiful umbrella, made of the highest quality materials: steel shaft, cotton fabric and curved bamboo handle.