# Angel of the Annunciation [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [STARNINA, Gherardo di Jacopo]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Tempera on poplar panel, gold ground, 50 x 39 cm ## Commentary Angel of the Annunciation c. 1410 Tempera on poplar panel, gold ground, 50 x 39 cm Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon Between 1380 and 1450 the international Gothic style spread throughout Europe. Also known as the "art courtois", it is characterized by a taste for description of court life, Gothic arabesques and ornemental refinement. The Angel and the Virgin of the Annunciation of Gherardo Starnina, are fine examples of this tendency. ## Related artworks - [St Hugh of Lincoln and St Benedict of Nursia]() - [St Vincent]() - [Thebaid \(detail\)]() - [Thebaid \(detail\)]() - [Thebaid \(detail\)]() - [Thebaid]() - [Virgin of the Annunciation]() - [Virgin with Child and Saints]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()