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The Annunciation by Fra Angelico Annunciation 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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Annunciation

Christianity
Also known as: Annunciation of the Lord, Annunciation of the Theotokos, Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary(Show More)
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Annunciation, in Christianity, the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive a son by the power of the Holy Spirit to be called Jesus (Luke 1:26–38). The angel’s pronouncement is met with Mary’s willing consent (“Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word”), and thus precipitates the Incarnation of Christ and his redemption of the world. The Feast of the...

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