Leonardo da Vinci - Annunciation 1472-1475
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Annunciation 1472-1475
98x217cm tempera on panel
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Annunciation, by the Italian Renaissance artists Leonardo da Vinci and Andrea del Verrocchio, dates from circa 1472–1475 and is housed in the Uffizi gallery of Florence, Italy.
The subject matter is drawn from Luke 1.26-39 and depicts the angel Gabriel, sent by God to announce to a virgin, Mary, that she would miraculously conceive and give birth to a son, to be named Jesus, and to be called "the Son of God" whose reign would never end. The subject was very popular for artworks and had been depicted many times in the art of Florence, including several examples by the Early Renaissance painter Fra Angelico. The details of its commission and its early history remain obscure