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GRECO, El: The Annunciation

GRECO, El
🖼 The Annunciation, 1600s
Oil on canvas
128 × 83 cm
Toledo, USA

Celestial light fractures the composition as Gabriel descends toward Mary, their elongated figures writhing with spiritual intensity rendered in El Greco's signature mannerist style. The work captures Counter-Reformation devotion through supernatural color and dramatic verticality, transforming religious narrative into visionary experience.

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E. H. Gombrich
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