Painting #A03 - The Annunciation

The Annunciation 《受胎告知》
- Tintoretto (1518-1594, Italian Renaissance)
- oil on canvas (422 x 545 cm) in c.1582-87
- Scuola di San Rocca (Venice)

Fiancé carpenter Joseph is working out in the backyard to the left, totally unaware of the visit by the arch-angel, accompanied by the Holy Spirit (in the form of a halo'ed white pigeon) leading a school of angels.

Ecce Ancilla Domini
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882, English)
- oil on canvas (73 × 42 cm) in 1850
- Tate Britain (London)