The
vegetation at the bottom left of the panel is a marvel of meticulous execution; the triangular snippet of
orange drapery revealed amongst Mary's blue
and red garments reveals an astute
and not unwitty pictorial technician; the hands of the Virgin, scaled larger than the rest of the figure
and floating all - but - imperceptibly above the surface of the canvas, have the durability of carved marble
and the tenderness of living flesh.