Annunciation
Leonardo da Vinci · 1472
Why it's great
The angel Gabriel kneels in a garden to tell Mary she will have a baby, while she sits at her desk. Leonardo da Vinci painted this when he was about 20, in 1472, and the angel's wings are modeled on a real bird's.
Where to see it
📍 Uffizi GalleryFlorence, Italy
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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, inventor and scientist, born in 1452. He painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and filled thousands of notebook pages with drawings of flying machines, anatomy, water and plants. He died in France in 1519.
