Annunciazione (1603)
Allessandro Allori
Accademia, Florence
Oil on canvas
Approximately 4'x7'
This painting is found in the Tribuna del David room in the Accademia Gallery. While Michelangelo’s David tends to captivate art viewers, paintings such as the Annunciazione or the Annunciation are fine pieces in their own which tend to be overlooked. In this depiction of the annunciation, Mary and the angel alone are present. Mary gives the appearance of being startled by the presence of the angel with her raised arms and the position of her cape which appears to be falling off of her. The manner of the cape suggests that Mary rose suddenly from her chair at the presence of the angel and it is falling towards the floor. Mary appears to have been reading the open book which rests on the chair and was probably discarded with the sudden surprise. The open angle of Mary’s body towards the viewer tends to invite the observer of the image into the painted scene. The angel appears to Mary in a ray of light holding a lily to represent her purity and innocence.
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