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The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Louis of Toulouse [four panels] by Cosmè Tura, c. 1470/1480, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Annunciation

The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Louis of Toulouse [four panels]

Cosmè Tura (Ferrarese, c. 1433–1495)

c. 1470/1480 · Tempera and distemper on panel · National Gallery of Art, Washington

For the Annunciation · 25 March

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About this painting

Four narrow figures stand in a row, and one landscape runs behind them all, carrying on, darker, across the painted frames. Saint Francis holds his book; Gabriel comes with a lily; Our Lady presses her book to her body and lifts one hand; a bishop in a white mitre raises two fingers beside a curled staff. Between the second and the third the Word is made flesh, and the two stand a frame apart. The National Gallery of Art describes Francis's thin gold cross and the red wounds at his hands, feet and ribs. The bishop has changed names: from 1959 to 1985 the Gallery's catalogues named him Saint Maurelius, patron of Ferrara; he is now Louis of Toulouse, a prince who, as Smarthistory tells it, took Franciscan vows days before he was made bishop. Cosmè Tura sets a Franciscan at either end of the greeting.

Sources: National Gallery of Art, Washington, artist page 'Cosmè Tura', artworks list with image descriptions; read 2026-09-01. · National Gallery of Art, 'The Virgin Annunciate [middle right panel]', Cosmè Tura, 1952.2.6.c, bibliography · National Gallery of Art, 'The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Louis of Toulouse [four panels]', Cosmè Tura, 1952.2.6.a-d · Smarthistory, 'Simone Martini, Saint Louis of Toulouse' · InFerrara — official tourism portal of the Comune di Ferrara, 'Basilica di San Giorgio' · Artsy, 'The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Louis of Toulouse [middle left panel]', Cosmè Tura

And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

Luke 1:28 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)

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The Record
Date c. 1470/1480
Collection National Gallery of Art, Washington
Subject Annunciation
Season Advent
Master 11,431 px
License PD/CC0
Attribution National Gallery of Art, Washington · 1952.2.6.a-d

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Cosmè Tura (Tura, Cosimo), Ferrarese, c. 1433 - 1495
Date c. 1470/1480
Medium Tempera and distemper on panel
Dimensions NOT RETRIEVED for the four-panel ensemble. Single panel b (The Archangel Gabriel, middle left) 31 × 12.4 cm (12 3/16 × 4 7/8 in.), framed 43.5 × 16.8 × 4.4 cm
Holding National Gallery of Art, Washington · 1952.2.6.a-d

Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.

The file this print is made from

Source default.jpg
Master 11,431 px on the long edge
Rights PD/CC0 — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistCosmè Tura (Ferrarese, c. 1433–1495)
Datec. 1470/1480
MuseumNational Gallery of Art, Washington
Accession1952.2.6.a-d
MediumTempera and distemper on panel
DimensionsNOT RETRIEVED for the four-panel ensemble. Single panel b (The Archangel Gabriel, middle left) 31 × 12.4 cm (12 3/16 × 4 7/8 in.), framed 43.5 × 16.8 × 4.4 cm
Sheet sizes8×10 in, 11×14 in, 16×20 in, 18×24 in, 24×36 in, 32×48 in, 40×60 in
Provenance of the file
Held byNational Gallery of Art, Washington · 1952.2.6.a-d the museum’s record
Source filethe National Gallery of Art’s own open-access file (IIIF)
Licencepublic domain; the file released under CC0
Master11,431 × 7,265 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from the National Gallery of Art’s own open-access file (IIIF) on 1 September 2026; held as our print master.

The sheets

8×10 in sheet 10×8 in · image 10×6.4 in · archival margin · 1143 dpi
11×14 in sheet 14×11 in · image 14×8.9 in · archival margin · 816 dpi
16×20 in sheet 20×16 in · image 20×12.7 in · archival margin · 572 dpi
18×24 in sheet 24×18 in · image 24×15.3 in · archival margin · 476 dpi
24×36 in sheet 36×24 in · image 36×22.9 in · archival margin · 318 dpi
32×48 in sheet 48×32 in · image 48×30.5 in · archival margin · 238 dpi
40×60 in sheet 60×40 in · image 60×38.1 in · archival margin · 191 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 11,431 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.