Annunciation: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Annunciation of the Lord • Annunciation of the Theotokos • Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Participants	Gabriel • Mary

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The Annunciation by Fra Angelico

Virgin of the Annunciation

Figure 157: Brass dish with embossed Annunciation scene, German c. 1500. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Diameter 45 cm.

“The Annunciation,” oil on wood panel by Robert Campin; in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

Mérode Altarpiece, also called The Annunciation Triptych

The Annunciation, painting by Orazio Gentileschi, 1623; in the Galleria Sabauda, Turin, Italy.

The Resurrection and Annunciation panels of the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald

“Annunciation,” gold leaf and tempera on wood panel by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1344; in the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy.

Simone Martini: detail of The Annunciation

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