Composer Cecilia McDowall chooses a 15th century masterpiece by Fra Angelico.
Cecilia McDowall on Annunciation by Fra Angelico
‘When I saw this exquisite altarpiece at the Prado Museum, shortly after it had been restored, I was so captivated by the freshly revealed detail and vivid colours that I couldn’t take my eyes off it. The intensity of the colours mesmerised me — just look at the blue!
‘Expensive, “beyond the sea” (ultramarine comes from the Latin…
