The Annunciation, ca. 1435, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall, with engaged (modern) frame, 30 x 17 1/8 in. (76.2 x 43.5 cm); painted surface 28 3/4 x 16 1/8 in. (73 x 41 cm), Paintings, Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni) (Italian, Siena or Cortona ca. 1400–1450 Siena), The vase of lilies, prominently placed between the Angel Gabriel and the Virgin in this Annunciation scene, symbolizes both the Virgin’s purity as well as Christ’s Incarnation. The panel was originally part of the highly celebrated altarpiece that Sassetta, the renowned Sienese artist, painted between 1437 and 1444 for the Franciscan church of Borgo San Sepolcro in Arezzo
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Annunciation, ca, 1435, Tempera, wood, gold ground, Overall, engaged, modern, frame, 30 x 17 1/8, 76.2 43.5 cm, painted surface 28 3/4 16, 73 41, Paintings, Sassetta, Stefano di Giovanni, Italian, Siena or Cortona ca., 1400–1450, Siena, vase, lilies, prominently placed, Angel Gabriel, Virgin, Annunciation scene, symbolizes, purity, well, Christ, Incarnation, panel, originally part, highly celebrated, altarpiece, renowned Sienese, artist, painted, 1437, 1444, Franciscan church, Borgo San, Sepolcro, Arezzo
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