A winged angel with arms crossed kneels across from a young woman sitting and holding a book, both under an archway in a paneled room in this vertical painting. They both have pale, yellow-toned skin, blond hair, and flat, gold halos. They also have golden brown eyes, long, straight noses, smooth cheeks, and their pale, pink lips are closed. To our right, the woman sits in a throne-like chair with her body facing our left. Her head tilts down, and she looks toward the angel under lowered lids. Her hair is pulled back under the neck of the lapis-blue cloak she wears over a crimson-red dress.…
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The Annunciation

painter Masolino da Panicale (Florentine, c. 1383 - 1435 or after)

c. 1423/1424

Medium
tempera (and possibly oil glazes) on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 148.8 × 115.1 cm (58 9/16 × 45 5/16 in.) ; framed: 181.61 × 151.13 × 19.69 cm (71 1/2 × 59 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.)
Culture
Florentine
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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