The Annunciation
1595
oil
canvas
From the collection of Fitzwilliam Museum
1595
oil
canvas
From the collection of Fitzwilliam Museum
The Annunciation is a 1595 oil by Scarsellino, held at Fitzwilliam Museum.
This painting shows an angel and a woman in a room. The angel is on the left, wearing a brown dress with wings behind him. He is floating above a chair and reaching out to the woman. The woman is on the right, kneeling on the floor with her arms out. She is wearing a red dress with a black cloak over it. There is a table behind her with a cloth on it. The room has a stone floor and a wall with an archway in the background. The sky outside is blue with clouds. The angel and the woman are looking at each other. The painting is done in oil paint and has a lot of detail. It is held at the Fitzwilliam Museum. If you want to learn more about the technique used in this painting, look up chiaroscuro.
Scarsellino or Ippolito Scarsella (1550 (or 1551) – 28 October 1620) was an Italian mid-to-late sixteenth century reformist painter and one of the most important representatives of the School of Ferrara.
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