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RICCI, Sebastiano: Angel of the Annunciation

🖼 Angel of the Annunciation, c. 1710
Oil on canvas
63 × 49 cm

Caught mid-descent, the angel sweeps diagonally across golden light, robes billowing with dynamic Baroque energy and delicate brushwork. Ricci's 1710 composition captures the Annunciation's pivotal moment, blending Venetian luminosity with theatrical movement that influenced early 18th-century religious painting.

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