Annunciation

Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1472–1475)

According to Christian tradition, the annunciation was an announcement made by the angel Gabriel to Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, that she was to have a son despite being a virgin.

The Feast of the Annunciation is celebrated by Christians on 25 March every year.

Annunciation Media

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  The Annunciation by El Greco, c. 1590–1603, Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, Japan

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  The Annunciation by Salomon Koninck, 1655, Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm

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  The Annunciation by Murillo, 1655–1660, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

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  The Annunciation (Evangelismos). Orthodox style icon by anonymous, 1825, Church Museum of the Bishopry of Thessaloniki

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  Islamic Annunciation in miniature

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  Annunciation to Zechariah, taken from an Ethiopian Bible (c. 1700), kept at the British Library

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  Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth

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  The Annunciation by Johann Christian Schröder, c. 1690

References

•   "Annunciation". Encyclopædia Britannica (9th) 2. (1878). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 
•   "Annunciation". Encyclopædia Britannica (Eleventh) 2. (1911). Cambridge University Press. 
•   "Lady Day". Encyclopædia Britannica (Eleventh) 16. (1911). Cambridge University Press.