The Annunciation, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

An image of The Annunciation. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (British, 1828-1882). Bodycolour on paper, laid down on fine linen on a stretcher, height 654 mm x width 267 mm, 1861. Production Notes: A design for a pulpit in St. Martin's Church, Scarborough, carried out by the Morris firm and forming two panels, the Archangel in the upper one looking down at the Virgin below.

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The Annunciation. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (British, 1828-1882). Bodycolour on paper, laid down on fine linen on a stretcher, height 654 mm x width 267 mm, 1861. Production Notes: A design for a pulpit in St. Martin's Church, Scarborough, carried out by the Morris firm and forming two panels, the Archangel in the upper one looking down at the Virgin below.

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Accession Number: 1574
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 409 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 480.71kB
Captured: 2007:11:27 15:49:10

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19th Century angels annunciation Archangel biblical birds bodycolour British Christianity Christmas Dante Gabriel Rossetti doves drawing enclosed garden English Fitz_PDP flowers Gabriel gardens holy ghost Holy Spirit hortus conclusus lilies Lilium lily linen Mary New Testament Pre-Raphaelite reading religion religious roses Rossetti Virgin Mary white dove winged wings Xmas

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