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DAVID, Gerard: The Annunciation

🖼 The Annunciation, 1506
Oil on wood
77 × 62 cm
New York, United States

Golden light floods the interior as Gabriel kneels before Mary, rendered in jewel-toned oils with meticulous Flemish detail. David's composition merges spiritual intimacy with domestic setting, establishing the Annunciation as intimate rather than grandiose—profoundly influencing Northern Renaissance devotional art.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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