Our Lady of Lourdes

The Annunciation (1608) Caravaggio

"The Annunciation"(1608) by Caravaggio at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy. Another strict adherence to pictorial tradition in Caravaggio's late oeuvre. It is wild to think that Caravaggio painted this for a church in France while he was in Messina and on the run after escaping imprisonment by the Knights of Malta. The painting itself is in bad condition as apparently it was transferred to a new canvas at some point and has been subject to multiple poor restoration attempts.

February 11 is the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes when the Virgin Mary appeared on multiple occasions to St. Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France.