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Painting by El Greco
Annunciation
Artist
El Greco Year 1570 Medium oil on panel Dimensions 26.7 cm × 20 cm (10.5 in × 7.9 in) Location
Museo del Prado , Madrid
Annunciation is a 1570 painting by the Greek artist of the
Spanish Renaissance
El Greco , now in the
Museo del Prado in Madrid. According to the art historian José Álvarez Lopera, it derives from an engraving by
Jacopo Caraglio .
It is one of the major works produced during the painter's time in Venice, showing the influence of
Titian in the figuration of Mary and
Tintoretto in its composition, and may be a sketch or composition linked to the
Modena Triptych .
See also
Sources (in Spanish)
ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco , Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»).
ISBN
84-9550-344-1 .
SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco , Colonia,
Taschen , 2003.
ISBN
978-3-8228-3173-1 .
ArteHistoria.com.
«Anunciación» [Consulta: 19.12.2010].
Museo del Prado
«La anunciación» [Consulta: 19.12.2010].
Paintings Portraits Museums Related
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[1] On display at El Greco Museum in Toledo
[2] On display at Museo de América in Madrid
[3] On display at the Spanish Embassy in Paris