Pontormoís pictorial cycle in the Capponi Chapel is among the best-known works of Renaissance painting, yet its meaning remains incomplete unless we view it in relation to another, little-studied work commissioned for the space at the same time: the stained-glass window depicting scenes from Christís Passion by Guillaume de Marcillat. Pontormoís Annunciation reveals his subtle and unexpected response to the stained-glass panel; apparently for the first time, the physical light passing through Marcillatís glass functions as a surrogate for the painted rays of light that traditionally symbolized the Holy Spiritís descent in earlier painted Annunciations.
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