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Annunciation (c. 1472–1475), Uffizi, is thought to be Leonardo da Vinci's earliest complete work. The Annunciation (from the Latin annuntiatio; also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, [1] or the Annunciation of the Lord; Ancient Greek: Ο Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου) is, according to the Gospel of Luke, the ...
The Latin title is a quotation from the Vulgate text of the first chapter of the Gospel of Saint Luke, describing the Annunciation, [1] where Mary accepts the message brought to her by the Angel Gabriel that she would give birth to a child by God. The title is more correctly Ecce Ancilla Domini!, but many sources ignore the exclamation mark.
The Annunciation (interior of left wing) oil on panel; 117 x 112 cm; signed c.: 1552 / PETRVS POVRBUS ME FECIT; Camera manufacturer: Hasselblad: Camera model: Hasselblad H3D-39: Author: Pieter Pourbus: Exposure time: 1/90 sec (0.011111111111111) F-number: f/9.5: ISO speed rating: 100: Date and time of data generation: 2015-03-09T11:50:45: Lens ...
In churches of the Byzantine Rite, the Annunciation is typically depicted on the Holy Doors (decorative doorway leading from the nave into the sanctuary), and in the West the two figures are also found on different surfaces, in the outer panels of polyptychs that have an open and closed view, the doors of tabernacles, or simply on facing pages ...
6 Transfiguration of Our Lord (W) - More commonly observed on the last Sunday after Epiphany 7 8 Dominic , priest, founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), 1221 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
Albrecht Dürer produced a total of three print cycles of the Passion of Christ: large (7 scenes before 1500, with a further 5 in 1510) and small (36 scenes in 1510) cycles in woodcut, [14] and one in engraving (16 scenes, 1507–1512). [15] These were distributed all over Europe, and often used as patterns by less ambitious painters.
The Feast of the Annunciation (Greek: Ο Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου, romanized: O Evangelismós tis Theotókou, lit. 'the Annunciation of the Mother of God') commemorates the visit of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary , during which he informed her that she would be the mother of Jesus Christ , the Son of God .
In the Western liturgical year, Lady Day is the common name in some English-speaking and Scandinavian countries [clarification needed] of the Feast of the Annunciation, celebrated on 25 March to commemorate the annunciation of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would bear Jesus Christ, the Son of God.