 Memling left out the rays of light , as did Dieric Bouts in his Getty Annunciation , yet the room is bright , filled with sunlight , a fenestra <unk> , which would have been an adequate symbol for the contemporary viewer . By the mid @-@ 15th century the Virgin is found depicted in a room or chamber near an open window to permit the passage of light . Memling 's room , with its window through which light streams , is a most " decorous sign of Mary 's chastity " , according to Blum . There are no word scrolls or banderoles to indicate the Virgin 's acceptance , yet her consent is obvious through her pose , which seems , according to Sterling , both submissive and active . 
