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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: The Annunciation (Oddi altar, predella)

🖼 The Annunciation (Oddi altar, predella), 1502-03
Oil on canvas
27 × 50 cm
Vatican, Italy

Golden light pierces the chamber as Gabriel kneels before Mary, their figures balanced in perfect symmetry. Raphael's predella panel distills the Annunciation into crystalline Renaissance harmony, establishing the compositional blueprint that defined sacred art for centuries.

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E. H. Gombrich
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