Leonardo da Vinci’s Annunciation was likely one of his earlier paintings, in which the angel Gabriel swoops down with feathered wings to greet the Virgin Mary with a small bouquet of lilies.

where the Virgin – usually at prayer – finds herself surprised by the angel. About the year 1400, however, a new version of the Annunciation scene suddenly appeared in European paintings, which ...

Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of ...

The work of former University of Virginia students comes together in “A Continuous Storyline: Four Decades of UVA Painters” ...

Each year on March 25, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. This great feast takes its name from the tidings announced by the angel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary ...

This description tells us that if we want to start taking a painting like this seriously ... her daughter the Virgin Mary, and Jesus. In playing with the lamb, Jesus is announcing that he will ...

Russian Orthodox Christians are marking the feast of Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, one of the twelve main ... the Lord is with thee: Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit ...

The newly uncovered painting depicts a motif that was popular in the late Middle Ages. In the artwork, the Archangel Gabriel ...