The Annunciation is the biblical episode of the announcement by the archangel Gabriel to Mary that she would become the mother of Jesus.
Annunciation may also refer to: Annunciation to the shepherds, in which angels tell a group of shepherds about the birth of Jesus Annunciation to Joseph, when Joseph is told in a dream Mary has conceived by the Holy Spirit
Paintings Annunciation (Fra Angelico, Madrid), 1425–26 Annunciation (Fra Angelico, San Marco), c. 1450, in Florence, Italy Annunciation of Cortona, 1433–1434, by Fra Angelico Annunciation of San Giovanni Valdarno, c. 1430–1432, by Fra Angelico Annunciation (Antonello da Messina), 1474, in Syracuse, Italy Annunciation (Bellini), c. 1500, by Giovanni Bellini, in Venice, Italy Annunciation (Botticelli, Glasgow), 1490 Annunciation (Botticelli, New York), c. 1485–1492 Annunciation (Caravaggio), 1608, in Nancy, France Annunciation (Cima), 1495, in Saint Petersburg, Russia Annunciation (Correggio), 1524–25, in Parma, Italy The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius, 1486, by Carlo Crivelli, in London, England Annunciation (Artemisia Gentileschi), 1630, in Naples, Italy Annunciation (Orazio Gentileschi, 1600), in Newark, Delaware, US Annunciation (Orazio Gentileschi, 1623), in Turin, Italy Annunciation (El Greco, Illescas), 1603–1605 Annunciation (El Greco, Madrid), 1609, in a private collection in Madrid, Spain Annunciation (El Greco, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza), 1575–1576, in Madrid, Spain Annunciation (El Greco, Museo del Prado, 1600), part of the Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece Annunciation (El Greco, Prado, 1570), 1570, in Madrid, Spain Annunciation (El Greco, Sigüenza), 1614 Annunciation (El Greco, São Paulo Museum of Art), 1600, in São Paulo, Brazil Annunciation (Guercino), 1646 Annunciation (Master Jerzy), 1517, in Kraków, Poland Annunciation (Lanfranco, Rome), c. 1615–1624 Annunciation (Leonardo), 1472–1475, in Florence, Italy Annunciation (Filippo Lippi, London), c. 1449–1459 Annunciation (Lippi, Munich), 1443–1450, by Filippo Lippi Annunciation (Lippi, Rome), 1445–1450, by Filippo Lippi Annunciation with Two Kneeling Donors, 1440–1445, by Filippo Lippi Annunciation (Lochner), c. 1440, by Stefan Lochner, in Cologne, Germany Annunciation (Lorenzetti), 1344, in Siena, Italy Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus, by Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi, in the Uffizi in Florence, Italy Annunciation (Masolino), c. 1423–1424 or c. 1427–1429, in Washington, D.C., US Annunciation (Memling), c. 1482, in New York City, New York, US Annunciation (Moretto), 1535–1540 Annunciation of Fano, c. 1488–1490, by Pietro Perugino Annunciation (Pittoni), c. 1757 Annunciation (Pontormo), 1528, in Florence, Italy Annunciation (Previtali), 1505–1510, by Andrea Previtali, in Meschio, Italy Annunciation (Reni), 1629 Annunciation (Rubens), two paintings by Peter Paul Rubens Annunciation (Signorelli), 1491, in Volterra, Italy The Annunciation (Tanner), 1898, by Henry Ossawa Tanner, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US Annunciation (church of San Salvador), 1559–64, by Titian, in Venice, Italy Annunciation (Uccello), c. 1425 Annunciation (van Eyck, Madrid), 1434–36 Annunciation (van Eyck, Washington), 1434–36 Annunciation (Veronese, Uffizi), c. 1556, by Paolo Veronese, in Florence, Italy Annunciation (Wautier), 1659, by Michaelina Wautier, in Marly-le-Roi, France Annunciation Triptych (Lorenzo Monaco) Annunciation Triptych (van der Weyden) Ustyug Annunciation, 12th-century Russian Orthodox icon from Novgorod
Sculptures Annunciation (Vittoria), c. 1583, by Alessandro Vittoria, in Chicago, Illinois, US
Film The Annunciation (film), a 1984 Hungarian film directed by András Jeles
Music Annunciation (album), a 1994 album by the Subdudes
See also
Enunciation, announcing, proclaiming, or making known Annunciade, several religious and military orders Annunciation Church (disambiguation) Annunciation School (disambiguation) Annunciation Monastery (disambiguation) Annunciation Bridge, across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia