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EYCK, Jan van: The Annunciation

🖼 The Annunciation, c. 1435
Oil, transferred from wood to canvas
93 × 37 cm
Washington, United States

Luminous interiors frame the Virgin's surprised gesture as Gabriel kneels before her, rendered in meticulous oil technique with jewel-like colors and geometric precision. Van Eyck's revolutionary realism and symbolic details—from the lily to celestial light—transformed religious narrative into intimate, naturalistic devotion, establishing Northern Renaissance mastery.

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