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Annunciation
Domenikos Theotokopoulos, El Greco - The Annunciation - Google Art Project.jpg
Artist El Greco
Year 1609
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 294 cm × 204 cm (116 in × 80 in)
Location Private collection, Madrid

Annunciation is a 1609 work by El Greco, now in a private collection in Madrid. It is a variant on his work on the same theme as part of the Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece. The painter died in April 1614 and the work may have been completed by his son Jorge Manuel after that date. It is not an independent composition but a cut-down fragment of the whole, designed for and installed in the chapel of the Hospital de Tavera.

  • Los tres Retablos del Hospital Tavera, en Toledo

    Old photo of chapel interior

  • El Greco - Annunciation reconstruction, Hospital de Tavera

    Annunciation reconstruction with Concert of Angels

  • Anunciacion Prado(2)

    Prado version of the Annunciation

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: La Anunciación (El Greco, Retablos del Hospital Tavera) para niños

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