Annunciation, 1422 (tempera on panel)

Annunciation (Annunciazione), by Lorenzo Monaco, 1422, 15th Century, tempera on panel, 300 x 274 cm Whole artwork view. The painting represents on the Archangel Gabriel who kneels down with the lily, the symbol of purity, in his hands (on the left); the Madonna who sits down, wrapped up in a long, dark blue mantle, a hand upon her breast after the has taken by surprise; the scene is set in a domestic space represented with an effect of perspective still rough; down, in the altarpiece, four scenes representing the life of Mary come in succession Lorenzo Monaco Church of Santa Trinita, Bartolini Salimbeni Chapel