The Annunciation on the reverse sides would have been visible when the altarpiece was closed. Painted in grisaille in imitation of stone sculpture, the Annunciation acted as a prelude to the theme of Christ’s Incarnation represented in the Adoration of the Magi of the triptych’s central panel (Galleria Colonna, Rome)
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Master_of_the_Legend_of_Saint_Barbara" class="extiw" title="w:en:Master of the Legend of Saint Barbara"><span title="Early Netherlandish painter">Master of the legend of St. Barbara</span></a>
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circa 1480 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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