El Greco 1541 – 1614
The Annunciation (1600)
oil on canvas (315 × 174 cm) — 1597-1600
This work is linked to Luke 1:28
Luke 1 - New Testament
The Gospel According to Saint Luke 1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, 2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and mi
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Mary greets the angel who brings her the big news: she is to have a son.
Between them is the bush that Moses saw burning without it being burnt. It symbolizes Mary's virginity.
On the floor is a temple veil. According to an Armenian story, Mary was working on it at that moment.
In the top is a group of angels playing music.
El Greco made this painting as part of an altarpiece for the church of the monastery Lady Mary of Aragon in Madrid. The altarpiece also included a Baptism, Crucifixion, Resurrection and Pentecost.
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