CARPACCIO, Vittore Annunciation 1504

Canvas. 127 x 139 cm. Galleria Franchetti in the Ca d'Oro, Venice.

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BELLINI, Giovanni Annunciation (detail) c1464-68

St. Vincent Ferrar Polyptych. Tempera on panel. Church of SS.Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy

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Icon, Coptic, Annunciation

More coptic art at The Coptic Network. See the Arts link

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EYCK, Jan van Annunciation (Gabriel) 1432

Oil on wood. St. Bavon, Ghent, Belgium.

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Embroidered bookbinding, Annunciation, 13th century

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SIMONE MARTINI Annunciation and two saints (detail) 1333

Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Alternative name: Simone Sanese
Birth 1280/85 Siena
Death 1344 Avignon

Wikipedia

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GENTILE DA FABRIANO Adoration of the Magi (angel) 1423

Anbetung der Heiligen Drei Könige, linkes Giebeltondo: Engel der Verkündigung
Holztafel, Durchmesser 17,5 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florenz

Gentile da Fabriano (c. 1370 – c. 1427) was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic style. Gentile was born in or near Fabriano, in the Marche.

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WEYDEN, Rogier van der Annunciation Triptych (central panel, detail) c. 1440

Oil on oak panel
Musée du Louvre, Paris

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WEYDEN, Rogier van der Annunciation Triptych (central panel) c. 1440

Oil on oak panel, 86 x 92 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

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ANGELICO, Fra Annunciation, c1450

Beato Angelico
San Marco Museum, Florence

Note the wings and the halos. The wings so colorful and the halos so... flat! I really wonder how he came to the decision to make them like that. Flat... as the earth, in those days.

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ANGELICO, Fra Annunciation, detail, 1430-32

Tempera on wood, 194 x 194 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

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GIOTTO di Bondone No. 14 Annunciation: The Angel Gabriel Sent by God, 1306

Fresco, 150 x 195 cm. Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

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ANGELICO, Fra Annunciation, 1430-32

Tempera on wood, 194 x 194 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

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PONTORMO, Jacopo Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (Detail) 1527-28

Church of Santa Felicita, Cappella Capponi Florence

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PONTORMO, Jacopo Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (Detail) 1527-28

Church of Santa Felicita, Cappella Capponi Florence

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MASTER of the Sacramentary of St. Gereon Annunciation, end of 10th century

Pergament. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Sacramentary

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SIMONE MARTINI Annunciation, 1333

Tempera on wood, 184 x 210 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

On the gold background the figures of Angel Gabriel and the Virgin enhances Gothic line, without narrative details: just the central pot with lilies, symbolizing Mary's purity, and the olive branch. The golden relief inscription starting from the Angel's mouth contains beginning words of the Annunciation.

another version, huge

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ANGELICO, Fra Annunciation, 1437-46

Freskenzyklus im Dominikanerkloster San Marco in Florenz, Szene: Verkündigung. Technique: Fresko.

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SIMONE MARTINI Annunciation (detail) 1333

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LOTTO, Lorenzo Angel of the Annunciation, c1530

The Annunciation. Luke 1:26-38

(...) "the archangel Gabriel was sent by God" to Mary. Gabriel announced to her that she was to give birth to a son, Jesus, who "will be great, and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David, and he will be king over Israel for ever; his reign shall never end" (...) "I am the Lord's servant, said Mary; may it be as you have said. Then the angel left her."

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