Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci

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Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci is an early Renaissance oil and tempera painting depicting the angel Gabriel announcing to the Virgin Mary that she will bear Christ, notable for its delicate detail and pioneering use of perspective.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance artwork
painting
religious painting
artForm panel painting
artist Leonardo da Vinci
artisticSchool Florentine school
attributedTo Leonardo da Vinci
cataloguedIn collections of the Uffizi Gallery
city Florence
collection Uffizi Gallery
completionDate circa 1472–1475
country Italy
creator Leonardo da Vinci
culture Renaissance Italy
surface form: Italian Renaissance
depicts Annunciation
New Testament event
Virgin Mary
Gabriel
surface form: angel Gabriel

biblical scene
genre Christian art
hasPart architectural background
distant landscape
figure of the Virgin Mary
figure of the angel Gabriel
garden setting
iconographicTheme Annunciation
surface form: Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary
inception circa 1472
circa 1473
languageOfTitle Italian
location Uffizi Gallery
medium oil and tempera on panel
oil paint
tempera
movement Renaissance
surface form: Early Renaissance
notableFor careful rendering of landscape
delicate detail
experimentation with light and shadow
pioneering use of perspective
originalTitle Annunciation
surface form: Annunciazione
period 15th century
religion Christianity
style Early Renaissance style
subjectMatter Annunciation
surface form: Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
support wood panel
title Annunciation
usesTechnique chiaroscuro
linear perspective
sfumato (early form)

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