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The Annunciation is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1472–1476. [ n 1 ] Leonardo's earliest extant major work, it was completed in Florence while he was an apprentice in the studio of Andrea del Verrocchio .
Especially in Early Netherlandish painting, images may contain very complex programmes of visual references, with a number of domestic objects having significance in reinforcing the theology of the event. Well-known examples are the Mérode Altarpiece of Robert Campin, and the Annunciation by Jan van Eyck in Washington.
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By the fourteenth and fifteenth century Annunciation scenes commonly show the Virgin Mary is usually seated in an enclosed space reading, while the archangel Gabriel kneels before her, just like in this painting. [4] This Annunciation scene is distinctive because the artist has chosen to place a saint, St. Emidius, beside the archangel Gabriel. [1]
The painting is influenced by several other artists, including Lippi's father Filippo (who often painted Annunciations) and Filippino's colleague Botticelli. The detailed and naturalistic flora in the foreground and background is typical of late-15th-century Florentine art, influenced by new works from the Low Countries and studies by Leonardo ...
The Prado Annunciation is an altarpiece painted by the Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni da Fiesole, known as Fra Angelico, in the 1420s. It is one of his best-known works. Originally destined for the convent of the observant Dominicans of Fiesole, the painting is currently in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
The painting has striking chiaroscuro contrasts, with a mainly dark background behind Mary and the Archangel. The Annunciation, Hermitage Museum. The date of the painting is variously reported as 1616 [1] or 1624. There is a second, smaller version of The Annunciation by Lanfranco, now displayed at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg ...