The Feast of the Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary is celebrated on March 25 each year

2. The Annunciation is the Christian celebration of the
announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she
would conceive and become the mother of Jesus, the Son of
God, marking his Incarnation.
Gabriel told Mary to name her son Yehoshua , meaning
"YHWH is salvation".
According to Luke 1:26, the Annunciation occurred "in the sixth month"
of Elizabeth's pregnancy with John the Baptist. Many Christians observe this event with
the Feast of the Annunciation on 25 March an approximation of the northern vernal
equinox nine full months before Christmas, the ceremonial birthday of Jesus. In England, this
came to be known as Lady Day.
The Annunciation has been a key topic in Christian art in general, as well as in Marian art in
the Catholic Church, particularly during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

3. Annunciation (1618).
Pieter Pietersz Lastman (Dutch, 1583-1633).

4. Anunciacion or La Virgen leyendo (1621).
Baltazar Echave Orio (Spanish, 1540-1624).

5. Annunciation (c.1560).
Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528-1588).

6. La Vierge de l'Annonciation (1741-1742).
Pompeo Batoni (Italian Rococo Era, 1708-1787).

7. Annunciation,AngelicConcert(detail),c. 1515.
MatthiasGrünewald(German, 1470/80-1528).

8. Annunciation.
Anton Raphael Mengs (German Bohemian, 1728 – 1779).

9. EcceAncillaDomini! 1849-50.
DanteGabrielRossetti
(English,1828-1882).

10. TheAngelof Annunciation(1653-55).
CarloDolci(Italian,1616-1687).

11. TheAnnunciation(1785).
FranciscoGoya (Spanish,1746-1828).

12. TheAnnunciation(1643-44).
BernardoStrozzi(Italian, c. 1581–1644).

13. TheAnnunciation(c. 1495).
RuelandFrueauftheElder
(Austrian, 1440/45-1507).

14. TheAnnunciation(1852).
YakovFedorovichKapkov (Russian,1816-1854).

15. TheAnnunciation(1465-75).
HansMemling(c. 1430 – 1494).

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PeterPaulRubens(Belgium, 1577-1640).

17. TheAnnunciation(1901).
MikhailVasilyevichNesterov(Russian,1862-1942).

18. TheAnnunciation(c.1517).
BernartvanOrley (Flanders,c.1492-1542).

19. The Annunciation (detail), circa 1515.
Matthias Grünewald (1470-1528).

20. TheAnnunciation(c.1525).
JoosvanCleve(Netherlandish, c.1485-1540/41).

21. The Annunciation (1434-6).
Jan Van Eyck (Flemish, 1395-1441).

22. The Annunciation (ca. 1440).
Rogier van der Weyden (1399 /1400 – 1464).

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FrancescoAlbani(Italian,1578-1660).

24. TheAnnunciation(ca, 1644).
Philippede Champaigne (French,1602–1674).

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Jan Willem Janssens (Flemish, 1590-1650).

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AnnibaleCarracci(Italian,1560-1609).

27. VirginAnnunciate(c.1476).
Antonelloda Messina(ca. 1430–1479).

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Paolode Matteis( Italian-Neapolitan, 1662-1728).

29. AnnunciationTriptych(MerodeAltarpiece),ca. 1427–1432.
Workshopof RobertCampin,SouthNetherlandish
(modernBelgium),circa1375-1444

30. Annunciazione.
Orazio Lomi Gentileschi (Italian,1563–1639).

31. The Annunciation.
Domenico Beccafumi (1486-1551).

32. Virgin Annunciate.
Antonello da Messina, (Italian, c. 1430 – 1479).

33. Annunciation.
Bartolome Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617-1682).

34. Annunciazione.
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci,
(Italian, 1452 – 1519).