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The Annunciation - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1849-50

I’ve always loved this painting, especially the seemingly unwilling Mary backed up into the wall and cheap backdrop-like curtain

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   YES a strange figure appears to this girl and is like ‘hey i’m an angel and you’re going to have the son of god!...

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   Woah! What an interesting depiction of the annunciation.

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    the expression on Mary’s face in this is the most realistic I’ve seen in any Annunciation, a kind of combination between...

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    Hands down my favorite Rosetti painting for the single reason of look at Mary’s face. She has just been informed by the...

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    I’ve always loved this painting, especially the seemingly unwilling Mary backed up into the wall and cheap backdrop-like...

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    I love this representation of the Annunciation. I feel like it is so much more realistic than most. It shows Mary having...

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