A winged angel strides toward a young woman who kneels at the foot of a bed, while an older, bearded man, surrounded by several winged babies and a dove, hover overhead in this vertical painting. All the people have pale skin. To our left, the blond angel steps forward on his right, sandaled foot. He holds a long stem with a white lily in his left hand, farther from us, and raises his other hand to the sky. His charcoal-gray wings are partly extended, and he wears long, flowing, goldenrod-yellow and sage-green garments with a green and blue striped sash wrapped around his chest. His lips are…
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The Annunciation

painter Veronese (Venetian, 1528 - 1588)

painter Italian 16th Century

c. 1583/1584

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 98.4 x 75.3 cm (38 3/4 x 29 5/8 in.) ; framed: 123 x 99.1 x 7.3 cm (48 7/16 x 39 x 2 7/8 in.)
Culture
Venetian
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
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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