The Annunciation. Santi di Tito
The archangel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will bear the Christ Child, while God the Father and the Holy Ghost (in the form of a dove) appear above left. The white lilies Gabriel holds are symbolic of the Virgin's chastity. The painter has depicted the loggia of the Church of the Santissima Annunziata (Annunciate Mary) in Florence behind his own Annunciation scene, revealing his pride in being a Florentine artist. The elongated and graceful style and the decorously draped figures were characteristic of Florentine painting of the late 16th century.
Date circa 1580 (Renaissance)
oil on panel
Painted surface H: 41 9/16 × W: 32 3/16 × D excluding cradle: 7/16 in. (105.5 × 81.7 × 1.1 cm)
Walters Art Museum
Accession number 37.1677
Place of creation Florence, Italy
Object history
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 267, as Marcello Venusti]
1902: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibition history Baroque Painting in Italy, 1600-1750. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 1969.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
References Federico Zeri (1976) (in English) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, no. 227, pp. 343-344 OCLC: 2463997.
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See also : Virgin and Child, Paintings, Drawings
See also : Jesus of Nazareth , Christ, Paintings, Drawings
See also : Bible, Paintings, Drawings
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