# The Angel of the Annunciation

- By: Simone Martini (Sienese, active from 1315; died 1344)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Samuel H. Kress Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.357.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/1b266771-5762-4ce0-8968-688cae2ba81e/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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