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MURILLO, Bartolomé Esteban: Annunciation

🖼 Annunciation, 1660-65
Oil on canvas
125 × 103 cm
Madrid, Spain

Soft light bathes the Virgin as the angel Gabriel descends in swirling drapery, his gesture announcing divine revelation. Murillo's tender Baroque composition emphasizes spiritual intimacy over drama, establishing the emotional restraint that defined Spanish religious art's devotional power.

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