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Painted Annunciation: a winged angel kneels at left on a tiled step while the Virgin kneels in green robes beside a curtained bed in a columned room.

The Annunciation

An angel kneels on a red-tiled step at left, one wing raised behind him, while the Virgin Mary kneels at a draped bed in a columned interior at right. Gray pillars frame the room, and a small arched window shows a landscape beyond.

Artist
Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi)
Date
ca. 1490
Medium
Tempera and gold on wood
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3913 × 2571 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1495).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Español: La Anunciación, ca. 1490, temple y oro sobre madera

Un ángel se arrodilla sobre un escalón de baldosas rojas a la izquierda, con un ala alzada tras él, mientras la Virgen María se arrodilla junto a una cama con cortinas en un interior de columnas a la derecha. Pilares grises enmarcan la sala, y una pequeña ventana arqueada muestra un paisaje.

Português: A Anunciação, ca. 1490, têmpera e ouro sobre madeira

Um anjo ajoelha-se sobre um degrau de azulejos vermelhos à esquerda, com uma asa erguida atrás de si, enquanto a Virgem Maria se ajoelha junto a uma cama com cortinas num interior de colunas à direita. Pilares cinzentos emolduram a sala, e uma pequena janela em arco mostra uma paisagem.

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