The Annunciation
Annunciation
Colors in this work
Details
- Artist
- Lorenzo di Credi
- Date
- 1480
- Medium
- panel; oil paint
- Holding institution
- Uffizi Gallery
- Palette
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Uffizi Gallery
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Bible Story Both · 99%
The title identifies the subject as The Annunciation, and the image shows a winged angel approaching a kneeling woman in a devotional encounter.
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Interiors Visual · 99%
The figures are staged within a richly decorated architectural interior containing arches, columns, moldings, and ornamental friezes.
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Landscapes Visual · 96%
Trees, distant hills, sky, and a pale receding route or waterway are visible beyond the arches.
Styles and Movements
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Renaissance Art Interpretive · 92%
The artist, date, devotional subject, architectural perspective, and formal treatment of the figures are consistent with Renaissance painting.
Visual Qualities
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Emphasis on Linear Perspective Visual · 96%
The repeated arches, columns, floor, and central opening create pronounced recession toward the distance.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 97%
Architectural moldings, vegetal friezes, carved-looking column decoration, patterned surfaces, fabrics, wings, and the lower decorative register create an extensively ornamented appearance.
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Earth Tones Visual · 90%
Dark reddish-brown architectural surfaces and a warm terracotta floor dominate the setting, alongside muted greens and ochres.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Both · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a painting, and the image visibly shows a figurative scene rendered with painted color on a flat support.
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Oil on Panel Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies panel and oil paint as the medium.
Time Periods
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15th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1480, placing it in the fifteenth century.
Cultural and Religious Styles
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Christian Art and Architecture Both · 98%
The Annunciation is a Christian subject, and the image visibly includes an angel and a Marian figure within a sacred narrative scene.
Source & rights
Lorenzo di Credi. Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artworkwga QS:P11807,"l/lorenzo/credi/annunci"
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 2,822 × 3,500 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed