The Annunciation is an oil painting by the Early Netherlandish master Jan van Eyck, from around 1434–1436. The panel is housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It was originally on p
Annunciation Jan van Eyck 1434 NG Wash DC
Floor tiles: David slaying Goliath in front, Samson pulling down the Philistines' Temple behind
Detail – Mary and Gabriel
Le sacerdoce de la Vierge (The Priesthood of the Virgin), 1425–50, Louvre, unknown French artist
Hermitage Museum
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The State Hermitage Museum is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and holds the largest collection of paintings in the world. It was founded in 1764 when Empress Catherine the Gre
Annunciation (van Eyck, Washington)
…before 1817. The Annunciation is a highly complex work whose iconography is still debated by art historians. It was bought by the Tsar of Russia for the Hermitage Museum, but was sold by Stalin's government in 1930. The picture depicts the Annunciation by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she will bear the…
View of (from left) the Hermitage Theatre, Old Hermitage, and Small Hermitage
The Hermitage Museum complex. From left to right: Hermitage Theatre – Old Hermitage – Small Hermitage – Winter Palace (the "New Hermitage" is situated behind the Old Hermitage)
Egyptian Hall
The Pavilion Hall