Annunciation (Signorelli)

Painting by Luca Signorelli in Volterra

Annunciation (1491) by Luca Signorelli

Annunciation is a 1491 tempera on panel painting by Luca Signorelli, signed by the artist. It is now in the Pinacoteca e museo civico in Volterra.[1]

The painting depicts a hieratic scene of Marian imagery. The Archangel Gabriel, with wings bedecked with peacock feathers to identify his status among angels, resolutely informs Mary of the will of God. She demurely accepts. In the upper register God the Father appears among a bevy of putti and another apparent Angel; God sends his contribution for the gestation in the form of a dove, akin to the symbol of the Holy Spirit. The event occurs partly outside, with Mary in a decorated private portico. Above the door appears to be a circular relief of a man signaling a page in a book; like the prophet Elias foretelling the birth of Christ.

## References

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1. ^ (in Italian) Antonio Paolucci, 'Luca Signorelli', in Pittori del Rinascimento, Scala, Firenze 2004 ISBN 88-8117-099-X

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Paintings|

* Flagellation Standard (c. 1475)
* Testament and Death of Moses (with Bartolomeo della Gatta, c. 1482)
* Sant'Onofrio Altarpiece (1484)
* Birth of John the Baptist (c. 1485–1490)
* The Education of Pan (c. 1490)
* Madonna and Child with Ignudi (c. 1490)
* Our Lady of Mercy with Saints and Angels (c. 1490)
* Parte Guelfa Holy Family (c. 1490)
* The Circumcision (c. 1490–1491)
* Annunciation (1491)
* Virgin Enthroned with Saints (1491)
* Portrait of a Man (c. 1492)
* Madonna and Child (c. 1492–1493)
* Madonna and Child with Two Saints (c. 1492–1493)
* Spirito Santo Banner (1494)
* Crucifixion (with Pietro Perugino, c. 1483–1495; disputed)
* Holy Family (c. 1490–1495)
* Adoration of the Magi (c. 1495)
* Portrait of Niccolò Vitelli (c. 1492–1496)
* Portrait of Vitellozzo Vitelli (c. 1492–1496)
* Adoration of the Shepherds (1496)
* Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (1498)
* Allegory of Fertility and Abundance (c. 1500)
* Lamentation over the Dead Christ (1502)
* The Preaching of the Antichrist (1500–1504)
* Crucifixion Standard (c. 1502–1505)
* Crucifixion with Saint Mary Magdalene (c. 1502–1505)
* Arcevia Altarpiece (1508)
* Madonna and Child with the Holy Trinity and Two Saints (1510)
* Communion of the Apostles (c. 1512)
* Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1512)
* Madonna and Child with Saints (c. 1519–1523)

Chapels|

* Chapel of San Brizio
* Sistine Chapel

Related|

* Signorelli parapraxis

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