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BELLINI, Giovanni: Angel of the Annunciation and Virgin Annunciate

🖼 Angel of the Annunciation and Virgin Annunciate, c. 1500
Oil on canvas (each)
224 × 105 cm
Venice, Italy

Soft light bathes two figures separated by gilded space: the angel kneels in graceful contrapposto while the Virgin turns inward, caught between earthly and divine realms. Bellini's intimate rendering transforms the Annunciation into psychological drama, establishing the moment as deeply human rather than purely transcendent.

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E. H. Gombrich
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