# The Annunciation

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/arcangelo-di-jacopo-del-sellaio-r974160033abd2c/the-annunciation-r9fb417fae67180>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [ARCANGELO DI JACOPO DEL SELLAIO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/arcangelo-di-jacopo-del-sellaio-r974160033abd2c>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Tempera on panel, 131 x 79 cm \(each\)

## Commentary

The reliefs, painted in grisaille on either side of the arch in the background, show the Temptation and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden. They derive from Masaccio&#39;s and Masolino&#39;s frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence.

## Related artworks

- [Madonna and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/arcangelo-di-jacopo-del-sellaio-r974160033abd2c/madonna-and-child-r82e29944416e09>)
- [Penitent St Jerome in the Wilderness](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/arcangelo-di-jacopo-del-sellaio-r974160033abd2c/penitent-st-jerome-in-the-wilderness-r8ee91b284fb895>)
- [St Jerome and St Mary of Egypt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/arcangelo-di-jacopo-del-sellaio-r974160033abd2c/st-jerome-and-st-mary-of-egypt-r0c8181813dbaa3>)
- [Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Two Dominican Saints and Two Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/arcangelo-di-jacopo-del-sellaio-r974160033abd2c/virgin-and-child-enthroned-with-two-dominican-saints-and-two-angels-r892f585b452aa7>)

## Attribution

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