On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P00827
- Author
- El Greco (Spanish)
- Title
- The Annunciation
- Chronology
- Ca. 1570
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 26 cm x 20 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COMPRA
- Procedence
- Acquisition, 1868
In keeping with iconographic
tradition, the Virgin turns in
surprise at the arrival of the
Archangel Gabriel and the Holy
Ghost.
This work is very close,
compositionally and stylistically,
to the Annunciation of the Modena
Tryptich, but it is not known
whether it is a sketch for that
work, or an autograph
reduction.
Probably painted in Venice just
before 1570, this piece seems to be
inspired by the work of Titian,
although the architecture in the
background and the tile flooring in
the room hearken to Tintoretto.
These were the two painters who
most influenced El Greco.
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