# The Annunciation

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GÜNTHER, Franz Ignaz](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gnther-franz-ignaz-r06f22b257357d4>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Painted wood

## Commentary

Sculptor and architect, Ignaz Günther was born at Altmannstein, was a pupil of Straub and Donner, then worked in Salzburg before becoming court sculptor at Munich in 1773. He left behind him a considerable production. His works of 1763 at Weyarn are especially interesting: they consist of the Annunciation, a Pietà, and figures of Saints, carved in wood and painted in soft, light colours. This Rococo imagery, animated by a gentle religious fervour, achieves a luminous mystical effect through its flowing grace and the lightly curving upward movements.

## Related artworks

- [Adoring Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gnther-franz-ignaz-r06f22b257357d4/adoring-angel-r945e849d85b38a>)
- [Chronos](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gnther-franz-ignaz-r06f22b257357d4/chronos-r9a8ef4df264cb5>)
- [Female Saint of Starnberg \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gnther-franz-ignaz-r06f22b257357d4/female-saint-of-starnberg-detail-rab0dd2b0ef50dd>)
- [Female Saint of Starnberg](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gnther-franz-ignaz-r06f22b257357d4/female-saint-of-starnberg-r7b2613d4248580>)
- [Male Saint](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gnther-franz-ignaz-r06f22b257357d4/male-saint-r7e665217f6787b>)
- [Pietà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gnther-franz-ignaz-r06f22b257357d4/piet-r0128df16ce86b9>)
- [Pietà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gnther-franz-ignaz-r06f22b257357d4/piet-r3f6a01a0f83f4d>)
- [Pietà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gnther-franz-ignaz-r06f22b257357d4/piet-rc111d417abfbad>)
- [The Muse Clio Writing History](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gnther-franz-ignaz-r06f22b257357d4/the-muse-clio-writing-history-rb94992155a35ba>)

## Attribution

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