A winged, blond angel kneels facing our right in profile wearing a gold garment, and is shown against a gold background in this vertical painting. The textured robe the angel wears is a similar color to the background, and with the golden hair and wings, the painting is almost entirely gold. The angel’s pale skin has a greenish cast but the cheeks are rosy. Blond hair curls around the face and falls over the shoulders. The angel looks to our right with slitted eyes over a long, straight nose, and pale pink lips are closed. The hand farther from us is drawn across the chest and tucked under…
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The Angel of the Annunciation

Simone Martini (Sienese, active from 1315; died 1344)

c. 1330

Medium
tempera on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface (on recto): 29.5 x 20.5 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/16 in.) ; overall: 31 x 21.5 cm (12 3/16 x 8 7/16 in.) ; painted surface (gesso ground on verso): 21 x 30.2 cm (8 1/4 x 11 7/8 in.) ; framed: 54.6 x 32.9 x 4.1 cm (21 1/2 x 12 15/16…
Culture
Sienese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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