Paolo Veronese

The Annunciation, c. 1580

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The Annunciation, c. 1580. Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528–1588) and Workshop.
Oil on canvas; 150 x 133.4 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund, 1950.251.

Although Veronese is best known for his large-scale, pageant-like presentations, here the artist has taken the narrative of the Annunciation (the announcement of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and bear a son) and compressed the figures close to one another, creating a startling intimacy. According to a tradition established by the medieval writer Saint Bernard, Mary has been reading from the Old Testament prophecy of Isaiah (7:14), "A young woman is with child and she will bear a son."

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The Annunciation, c. 1580

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