# The Annunciation

- By: Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Italian, Florence 1444/45–1510 Florence)
- Date: ca. 1490
- Medium: Tempera and gold on wood
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (19.1 x 31.4 cm)
- Culture: Italian
- Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459016)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/rl/web-large/DP267397.jpg
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