Annunciation with Two Kneeling Donors

The Annunciation is an Italian Renaissance painting by Filippo Lippi. Dating to 1440–1445, it is housed in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica of Palazzo Barberini, Rome.^[1]

Annunciation
Artist	Filippo Lippi
Year	1440–1445
Medium	Tempera on panel
Dimensions	153 cm × 144 cm (60 in × 57 in)
Location	Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

Description

The composition pivots around the Virgin, who occupies the centre of the scene in blue robes. In the background, on the right, two small figures of women are running up the stairs. The two donor portraits show the unidentified donors kneeling behind a cordonata.

That the donors were represented pictorially in natural size was a relatively new stylistic feature. Traditional paintings of the Annunciation depict only a limited number of actors: the Virgin, the Archangel, and the Holy Spirit.^[2]

See also

• Lippi's Annunciation (Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome)
• Lippi's Annunciation (Munich)