I never expected to feature an Annunciation from a commercial project being sold on Etsy, but it is an Annunciation, and a charming oe besides.
This "limited edition" Christmas plate was produced in Porsgrund, Norway for Christmas 1973 (and you can buy it now!), but instead of a typical Nativity scene, it features an Annunciation in a barely-hinted at garden (always a Paradise motif).
This oil painting by Sebastiano Conca (1680-1764 ) is in the collection of the Binghamton University Art Museum, (Binghamton, NY), which makes it available for limited noncommercial, educational, and personal use under the Creative Commons license (for which I am most grateful!).
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| Annunciation, Sebastiano Conca Binghamton University Art Museum |
Another treasure from the National Museum of Denmark, this Annunciation is by Francesco Solimena (1657-1747):
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| Annunciation, Francesco Solimena (1657-1747) Statens Museum for Kunst |
This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.
From Saint Lawrence parish church in Gramastetten (Upper Austria ), this stained glass window by Josef Kepplinger, photographed by Wolfgang Sauber and used under the Creative Commons (CC BY-SA) license.
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| Annunciation Window by Josef Kepplinger (1883) Photo by Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
