# The Annunciation

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GRECO, El](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 114 x 65 cm

## Commentary

There are two other versions of this Annunciation composition: one in the &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/g/greco\_el/12/1203grec.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/g/greco\_el/12/1203grec.html&#34;&gt;Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection&lt;/a&gt; in Madrid, and another in the &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/g/greco\_el/12/1201grec.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/g/greco\_el/12/1201grec.html&#34;&gt;Prado.&lt;/a&gt; The painting in the Prado is larger than the other two, it was part of the main altarpiece in the church of the Colegio de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación. It can be assumed that the version in Bilbao also belonged to an altarpiece, which was formed with an Adoration of the Shepherds and a Baptism of Christ, presently both in the &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/g/greco\_el/11/1107grec.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/g/greco\_el/11/1107grec.html&#34;&gt;Galleria Nazionale&lt;/a&gt; in Rome. Painted in a free-flowing manner and with a splendid colour range, this painting is a representative late work by El Greco.

## Related artworks

- [A Boy Blowing on an Ember to Light a Candle \(Soplón\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f/a-boy-blowing-on-an-ember-to-light-a-candle-sopln-r2a0840a197cc6c>)
- [A Lady in a Fur Wrap](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f/a-lady-in-a-fur-wrap-r17bc5af266ec1e>)
- [A Prelate](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f/a-prelate-r6752ef04ade0b8>)
- [A View of Toledo \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f/a-view-of-toledo-detail-rde83c353dd06aa>)
- [A View of Toledo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f/a-view-of-toledo-rc066c9db2d5956>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f/adoration-of-the-shepherds-detail-r381069254ae37c>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f/adoration-of-the-shepherds-r56f9b10b626e37>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f/adoration-of-the-shepherds-rd06d926a03bd14>)
- [Allegory of the Camaldolese Order](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f/allegory-of-the-camaldolese-order-rad53af523c9428>)
- [Altarpiece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f/altarpiece-r3f59efc9f08380>)
- [An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool \(Fábula\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f/an-allegory-with-a-boy-lighting-a-candle-in-the-company-of-an-ape-and-a-fool-fbula-r4b154dc2b33ffa>)
- [An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool \(Fábula\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/greco-el-r8ef3afacca162f/an-allegory-with-a-boy-lighting-a-candle-in-the-company-of-an-ape-and-a-fool-fbula-rb252535edad9f2>)

## Attribution

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