Title

The Annunciation, c1580. Creator: Santi di Tito.

Caption

The Annunciation, c1580. 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.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23B22_147

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,7Mb (1,7Mb) / 12,6in x 16,5in / 3782 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature portrait animal Italy Italian women woman people interior man men symbolic religious flower flowers plant plants arts painting bird birds country religion art guy museum color lily lilies Christianity deity God angel Renaissance location century dove inside concept two people mannerism divine chastity oil Painting Colour New Testament lilium Indoors annunciation 16th century Holy Ghost sixteenth century Angel Gabriel archangel divine intervention Gabriel Mannerist Virgin Mary Mary oil Madonna young women young man young men young woman Virgin Saint Mary Virgin Mother Mother of God The Virgin Mary Stella Maris St Mary oil on panel 1580s Archangel Gabriel Walters Art Museum Heritage Art oil on panel Santi di Tito Tito Santi di Our Lady of Refuge Our Lady of Mariazell Notre Dame du Folgoet Our Lady of Folgoet