Cestello Annunciation
Sandro Botticelli · 1489
Why it's great
The angel Gabriel arrives, bowing very low, and Mary leans away in surprise, in a room that opens onto a garden. Sandro Botticelli painted it in 1489, and the sweeping lines make the figures seem to dance.
Where to see it
📍 Uffizi GalleryFlorence, Italy
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Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter born in Florence in 1445. He worked for the Medici family and painted graceful, flowing pictures such as The Birth of Venus and Primavera. He lived in Florence all his life and died there in 1510.
