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FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO MARTINI: Annunciation

🖼 Annunciation, 1470-72
Panel
73 × 48 cm
Siena, Italy

Ethereal light floods a Renaissance interior where the Virgin receives Gabriel's message, rendered in delicate tempera with mathematical perspective. Francesco di Giorgio's vision synthesizes Sienese tradition with early modern spatial innovation, capturing the sacred moment between divine announcement and human acceptance.

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