1470
paint
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Annunciation is a 1470 paint by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, depicting John the Evangelist, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows an angel and a woman in a simple room. The woman looks surprised and the angel is kneeling. The angel is telling the woman something important, and this scene is from a well-known story. This work is interesting because it's made with a metalcut technique, which was a new way of making art at that time, and it's been hand-colored with simple colors like yellow and green. You can learn more about this technique by looking into chiaroscuro.
This 15th-century German artist carved vivid religious scenes into metal and wood, then hand-painted them in bright, symbolic colors.
See the richer artist pageYour cart is empty
Explore artworks →
![Studies for Six Figures (sheet from a model book) [recto]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/4837429e0755bc3f/thumb.webp)
