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Annunciation. Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci 1452 – Amboise 1519) A35. Leonardo da Vinci. A flourishing enclosed garden, in front of a Renaissance palace, evokes the hortus conclusus that alludes to the purity of Mary. Archangel Gabriel kneels before the Virgin, proffering a lily. The Virgin responds from her dignified seat, behind a lectern, at ...
16 de jun. de 2009 · The feast of the Annunciation marks the visit of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, during which he told her that she would be the mother of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is celebrated on 25 ...
The Annunciation. 1420 - 1425. Oil on oak panel. The event is set in a gothic temple, alluding to the New Law that replaces the old one, represented by the Romanesque tower in the background. The sculptures on the outside of the church and on the tower and Bible passages in the stained-glass windows reinforce this idea, and that of the Redemption.
Jan van Eyck, The Annunciation (detail), c. 1434/1436 (right) Among Van Eyck’s diplomatic missions for Philip the Good were two trips to Lisbon, where a marriage contract with Isabella of Portugal was signed. Van Eyck may have accompanied the bride-to-be back to Flanders and almost certainly would have painted her portrait.
Annunciation. The Annunciation is a painting widely attributed to 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. The painting was made using oil and tempera on a large poplar ...
Annunciation, in Christianity, the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would divinely conceive a son to be called Jesus. The Feast of the Annunciation is celebrated on March 25, nine months before Christmas, and is one of the principal feasts of the Christian church.
Palazzo Barberini, Rome, likely 1679-at least 1881 and probably 1890; E. Volpi, Florence, as early as 1890-1905; exported from Italy, July 1905 (dated customs stamp on reverse of panel); Oscar Huldschinsky, Berlin, from 1906-May 1928; Huldschinsky sale, Cassirer and Helbing, Berlin, May 10–11, 1928, no
