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BOTTICELLI, Sandro: The Annunciation

🖼 The Annunciation, c. 1485
Tempera and gold on wood
19.1 × 31.4 cm
New York, United States

Golden light floods the chamber as Gabriel kneels before Mary, their figures separated by graceful space and rendered in delicate tempera. This intimate scene captures Renaissance spirituality through elegant linearity and ethereal color, establishing Botticelli's mastery of divine encounter.

The story of art
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E. H. Gombrich
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