The Annunciation
The original, as its museum records it
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About this painting
Read the book. The Gallery transcribed the page open in Mary's lap: virgo concipiet et pariet filium, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son. It is Isaiah, read as it comes true. Her fingers lie across some of the words.
Gabriel kneels, arms crossed. Her head is down, her other hand brushes her breast. Fifteenth-century viewers knew three stages, startled, reflecting, submitting; the Web Gallery of Art reads this pose as the second. A ray of gold lines comes from the ceiling toward her. Prophecy and fulfilment are both here, one under her hand, one arriving.
Sources: National Gallery of Art, Washington, 'The Annunciation', accession 1937.1.16, inscription section, read 2026-08-31 and 2026-09-01. · Isaiah 7:14-15, Vulgate and Douay-Rheims (Challoner). · National Gallery of Art, Washington, provenance entity 'Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th earl of Wemyss', listing and image description for The Annunciation, read 2026-08-31 and 2026-09-01. · Web Gallery of Art, 'The Annunciation by MASOLINO da Panicale', commentary. · National Gallery of Art, Washington, artist page 'Masolino da Panicale'. · Google Arts & Culture, National Gallery of Art record 'The Annunciation', details and provenance fields. · National Gallery of Art, Washington, 'The Annunciation', legacy object page, bibliography, read 2026-09-01.
Who having heard, was troubled at his saying and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be.
Luke 1:29 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), from the project’s own corpus at data/bible_drc.js
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 6,482 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.