# Annunciation

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## Artwork

- Artist: [EARLY CHRISTIAN PAINTER, Italian](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/early-christian-painter-italian-r9c379b12e462c0>)
- Date: 0201-0250
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The picture shows the central part of the ceiling painting from the chamber of the Annunciation in the Catacombs of Priscilla. The scene of the biblical event is reduced to a minimum of narrative elements.

## Related artworks

- [Adam and Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/early-christian-painter-italian-r9c379b12e462c0/adam-and-eve-re457bb9ddf6379>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/early-christian-painter-italian-r9c379b12e462c0/adoration-of-the-magi-r3c8ee3b1f7caf6>)
- [Bust of a Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/early-christian-painter-italian-r9c379b12e462c0/bust-of-a-woman-r9203bb6e5233a1>)
- [Bust of a Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/early-christian-painter-italian-r9c379b12e462c0/bust-of-a-woman-rc599b1355bf807>)
- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/early-christian-painter-italian-r9c379b12e462c0/ceiling-decoration-detail-r0dacb5124e320f>)
- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/early-christian-painter-italian-r9c379b12e462c0/ceiling-decoration-detail-r5324437addd952>)
- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/early-christian-painter-italian-r9c379b12e462c0/ceiling-decoration-detail-rd9be589821c1d1>)
- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/early-christian-painter-italian-r9c379b12e462c0/ceiling-decoration-detail-rf2dbf61631fdf7>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/early-christian-painter-italian-r9c379b12e462c0/ceiling-decoration-r17e3b09da36e00>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/early-christian-painter-italian-r9c379b12e462c0/ceiling-decoration-r7fdebe3e302a64>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/early-christian-painter-italian-r9c379b12e462c0/ceiling-decoration-rb499c71d6915ce>)
- [Chamber of the millers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/early-christian-painter-italian-r9c379b12e462c0/chamber-of-the-millers-r74e1fac4d0827b>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)