Annunciation (church of San Salvador)
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The Annunciation is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Titian, executed between 1559 and 1564. It remains in the church of San Salvador in Venice, for which it was commissioned.
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Artist | Titian |
Year | 1559–1564 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 410 cm × 240 cm (160 in × 94 in) |
Location | Church of San Salvador, Venice |
Originally three paintings were commissioned by the D'Anna family for their chapels in the church of San Salvador in Venice, northern Italy.[1] Only two out of the three remains in place in the church. The other pieces that were commissioned were a Transfiguration dated around 1560, as the altarpiece of the high altar, and a Crucifixion now in the Church of San Domenico, Ancona.[1] The painting depicts the scene when the Virgin Mary being told that she is carrying the child of God, called the Annunciation of the Virgin.