01/01/year Annunciation Scene - Simone Martini: Annunciation, 1333. The angel bears an olive branch and words issue from his mouth.
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01/08/year Annunciation Scene - Andrea del Sarto: Annunciation, 1528. There is a tiny book which Mary has set aside next to the flower vase, while the angel bears a lily.
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01/15/year Annunciation Scene - Andrea del Sarto: The Annunciation, 1512-1513. Note that there is a depiction of Susannah and the Elders in the background.
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01/22/year Annunciation Scene - Pietro Cavallini: Annunciation, 1291. The angel makes a gesture of blessing with two fingers extended, symbolizing the dual nature of Christ.
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01/29/year Annunciation Scene - Antoniazzo Romano: Annunciation, 1485. The painting was commissioned by Cardinal Juan de Torquemad, shown kneeling next to the angel.
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02/05/year Annunciation Scene - William Adolphe Bouguereau: Annunciation, 1888. There is a spinning wheel in the foreground.
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02/12/year Annunciation Scene - Melchior Broederlam: Annunciation, 1393-99. The "Ave Maria" is written on the banner, while light descends upon Mary through the window.
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02/19/year Annunciation Scene - Domenico Beccafumi: Annunciation, 1545. This scenes shows the traditional elements of the lily, dove, and book.
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02/26/year Annunciation Scene - Fra Filippo Lippi: Annunciation, 1467-69.
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03/04/year Annunciation Scene - Fra Filippo Lippi: Annunciation, c. 1443. God is atended by cherubim in the upper left-hand corner.
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03/11/year Annunciation Scene - Michiel van der Borch: Annunciation, 1332. The banner displays the words "Ave Maria gratia plena."
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03/18/year Annunciation Scene - Sebastiano Mazzoni: Annunciation, c. 1650. Both Gabriel and the cherub bear flowers.
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03/25/year Annunciation Scene - Novgorod School: Annunciation, late 15th century. Mary is spinning a red thread.
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04/01/year Annunciation Scene - Tiffany stained glass: Annunciation, 1900. Notice that Mary's head is covered, and only her hands and face are visible.
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Master of Flemalle: Annunciation, 1420s. There is a woodcut above the chimney showing Saint Christopher.
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04/15/year Annunciation Scene - Psalter: Annunciation, 1180. The angel's banner displays the words of the "Ave Maria."
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04/22/year Annunciation Scene - Jean Bellegambe: Annunciation, 1516-17. The Father sends down the Son bearing a cross and the Spirit as a dove.
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04/29/year Annunciation Scene - Belbello da Pavia: Annunciation, 1450/1460. This image decorates a musical manuscript of the Magnificat.
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05/06/year Annunciation Scene - Benedetto Bonfigli: Annunciation, 1455-1460. Notice Luke writing his gospel, attended by his symbolic animal, the bull.
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05/13/year Annunciation Scene - Fra Angelico: Annunciation, 1450. The first inscription reads "Salve, Mater pietatis et totius Trinitatis nobile triclinium Maria!" and a second inscription: "Virginis intacte cum veneris ante figuram pretereundo cave ne sileatur ave."

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05/20/year Annunciation Scene - Novgorod School: Annunciation, 1130-40. You can see the future infant on Mary's bosom.
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05/27/year Annunciation Scene - Caravaggio: Annunciation, 1608-09. This is one of Caravaggio's last paintings (he died in 1610, at the age of 39).
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06/03/year Annunciation Scene - Greek Icon: Annunciation. The finger gesture with the thumb crossing the next-to-last finger is a representation of IC XC.
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06/10/year Annunciation Scene - Breviary: Annunciation, 1307. Notice the dove that has descended next to Mary. [ReligiousReading.com]
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06/17/year Annunciation Scene - Carolo di Braccesco: Annunciation, 15th century. There is a vase of flowers, a symbolic representation of Mary.
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06/24/year Annunciation Scene - Hans Memling: Annunciation, c. 1489. Two angels support Mary, one on either side.
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07/01/year Annunciation Scene - Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Annunciation, 1849-1850. Rossetti's sister, Christina Rosetti, was the model used for Mary.
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07/08/year Annunciation Scene - Fra Angelico: Annunciation, 1430-32. You can see Adam and Eve expelled from Eden on the left.
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07/15/year Annunciation Scene - Rueland Frueauf the Elder: Annunciation, c. 1495. The angel's fingers hold the banner in a symbolic representation of the dual nature of Christ and the three persons of the Trinity.
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07/22/year Annunciation Scene - Picture Bible: Annunciation, c. 1200. The angel extends two fingers in blessing, while Mary presents an open hand of acceptance.
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07/29/year Annunciation Scene - Jan van Eyck: Annunciation, 1435. The floor tiles shown Biblical scenes.
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08/05/year Annunciation Scene - Sherry Yost: Annunciation, c. 2004. The vase is filled with lilies.
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08/12/year Annunciation Scene - Illuminated ms.: Annunciation, c. 1450. The dove descends on a beam of light through the window, emitted from the mouth of God.
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08/19/year Annunciation Scene - Orazio Gentileschi: Annunciation, c. 1623. Here Mary stands beside her bed.
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08/26/year Annunciation Scene - Giovanni di Paolo: Annunciation. The hand of God can be seen above.
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09/02/year Annunciation Scene - Fra Filippo Lippi: Annunciation. Here you can see Mary reaching out to take the flower.
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09/09/year Annunciation Scene - St. Botolph's (Banningham): Annunciation, 14-15th century. The banner reads "Ecce ancilla domini."
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09/16/year Annunciation Scene - Gentile da Fabriano: Annunciation, c. 1425. The golden illumination passes through the intact window to reach Mary's intact womb.
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09/23/year Annunciation Scene - Greek icon: Annunciation, circa 1150. Mary is spinning a red thread on a spindle.
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09/30/year Annunciation Scene - Lorenzo Ghiberti: Annunciation, 1403-1424. God is shown descending from the sky, as he lets loose a dove.
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10/07/year Annunciation Scene - Bastiano Mainardi: Annunciation, c. 1482. The tiny scrolls in the bookcase read "Laudate dominum omnes gentes" and "Initium sapientiae timor domini."
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10/14/year Annunciation Scene - El Greco: Annunciation, 1596-1600. In the foreground is a sewing basket and a rose-bush in flames.
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10/21/year Annunciation Scene - Matthias Grunewald: Annunciation, c. 1515. The prophet Isaiah displaying his book can be seen in the upper-left corner.
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10/28/year Annunciation Scene - Jan Janssens: Annunciation. Mary's sewing basket is shown in the foreground.
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11/04/year Annunciation Scene - Book of Hours: Annunciation, c. 1420. The illumination accompanies the text reading "Domine labia mea aperies et os meum annunciabit."
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11/11/year Annunciation Scene - Giovanni di Paolo: Annunciation and Expulsion from Paradise, c. 1435. You can see Adam and Eve being expelled from Eden by an angel.
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11/18/year Annunciation Scene - Greek icon: Annunciation, c. 1500. Mary holds a drop spindle of red thread.
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11/25/year Annunciation Scene - Munich Studios Stained Glass: Annunciation. The light descends upon Mary's head.
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12/02/year Annunciation Scene - Master of Cologne: Annunciation, c. 1330. the banner contains the words of the "Ave Maria."
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12/08/year Annunciation Scene - Monaco Lorenzo: Annunciation, 1410-15. The angel hovers in flight off the ground.
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12/14/year Annunciation Scene - Lorenzo Veneziano: Annunciation, 1371
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12/20/year Annunciation Scene - Lorenzo Lotto: Annunciation, c. 1527. A cat scurries away in terror at the dramatic arrival of the angel.
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12/26/year Annunciation Scene - Hans Memling: Annunciation, 1467-70. The banner contains the words of the "Ave Maria."
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