The original painting is an oil and tempera composition on wood and was painted around 1472-1475. Today it can be seen in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
It depicts the annunciation by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive Jesus Christ and is set in the enclosed courtyard garden of a Florentine villa.
In this relief detail we see The Angel Gabriel holding a Madonna lily in his left hand, a symbol of Mary's virginity and of the city of Florence.
Height: 200mm
Width: 190mm
Depth: 15mm
It depicts the annunciation by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive Jesus Christ and is set in the enclosed courtyard garden of a Florentine villa.
In this relief detail we see The Angel Gabriel holding a Madonna lily in his left hand, a symbol of Mary's virginity and of the city of Florence.
Height: 200mm
Width: 190mm
Depth: 15mm