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Painting of the Annunciation: an angel in a red robe and blue wings speaks to a veiled Virgin in blue within a tiled bedroom with a red canopied bed.

The Annunciation

An angel in a red embroidered mantle and blue wings kneels at left, gesturing toward a veiled woman in a pale blue gown and dark blue mantle who stands at right before a red canopied bed. A second, smaller angel with a book sits near a lily vase on the right, in a tiled interior with a window and a cupboard.

Artist
Hans Memling
Date
1480–89
Medium
Oil on panel, transferred to canvas
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2923 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1489).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Español: La Anunciación, Hans Memling, c. 1480–89

Un ángel con manto rojo bordado y alas azules se arrodilla a la izquierda, señalando a una mujer velada con vestido azul pálido y manto azul oscuro, de pie a la derecha frente a una cama roja con dosel. Otro ángel más pequeño, con un libro, aparece junto a un jarrón con lirios en una habitación de suelo embaldosado.

Português: A Anunciação, Hans Memling, c. 1480–89

Um anjo com manto vermelho bordado e asas azuis ajoelha-se à esquerda, apontando para uma mulher velada, com vestido azul-claro e manto azul-escuro, que está de pé à direita diante de uma cama vermelha com dossel. Um segundo anjo, menor e com um livro, aparece perto de um vaso com lírios num interior de piso ladrilhado.

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