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ANGELICO, Fra: Annunciation

🖼 Annunciation, 1433-34
Tempera on wood
175 × 180 cm
Cortona, Italy

Soft light bathes two figures in a vaulted loggia: the Virgin kneels in contemplative repose while Gabriel approaches with graceful reverence. This quintessential Renaissance Annunciation epitomizes Fra Angelico's spiritual devotion, merging divine mystery with human intimacy through luminous color and serene composition.

The story of art
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E. H. Gombrich
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