World Famous Paintings at the Uffizi: Leonardo's Annunciation (1473) in Room 15

This painting represents an important stage in the development of Leonard da Vinci as a painter. The detail shown above depicts the Angel announcing Her divine mission to the Virgin Mary. The figure of the Angel is highly stylised but is also realistic and anatomically correct and conveys all the gravity and sympathy one might expect from the tactful bearer of disturbing news.

© 2007 LACT Limited. All rights reserved

Venice   Paris   Barcelona   Munich  Prague