# The Annunciation, in 15th-century Italy

Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) painted this in about 1490, aged about 41. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1490
- Medium: Tempera and gold on wood
- Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (19.1 x 31.4 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.74
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/botticelli-alessandro-di-mariano-filipepi), Italian, 1444–1510

2 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi)'s contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-botticelli-alessandro-di-mariano-filipepi?hang=750) (8 works)
- [More Italian Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-renaissance?hang=750) (61 works)
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