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The Annunciation by Luca Giordano, 1672, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Annunciation

The Annunciation

Luca Giordano (Italian, Naples 1634–1705 Naples)

1672 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

For the Annunciation · 25 March

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image 7.1×10 in on a 8×10 in sheet

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About this painting

A stem of white lilies crosses the air, held out by the archangel as he comes down. Our Lady looks up, one hand on her breast and the other open, a bare foot showing under the blue. The Met records that Luca Giordano, the leading painter in Naples, worked in many manners, often imitating Renaissance masters, and painted this after a trip to Venice in direct homage to Titian; its catalogue admits specialists have found it hard to place in his work since its 1959 showing there. Nearly eight feet tall, it brings Gabriel in at the height of a church wall. Her open hand is already answering.

Sources: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Luca Giordano, 'The Annunciation', 1973.311.2, read 2026-09-24 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API, object 436502, read 2026-09-24

And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

Luke 1:28 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)

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The Record
Date 1672
Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Subject Annunciation
Season Advent
Master 3,821 px
License PD/CC0
Attribution The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · 1973.311.2

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Luca Giordano
Date 1672
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 93 1/8 x 66 7/8 in. (236.5 x 169.9 cm)
Holding The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · 1973.311.2

Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.

The file this print is made from

Source The Annunciation MET DT404.jpg
Master 3,821 px on the long edge
Rights PD/CC0 — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistLuca Giordano (Italian, Naples 1634–1705 Naples)
Date1672
MuseumThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession1973.311.2
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions93 1/8 x 66 7/8 in. (236.5 x 169.9 cm)
Sheet sizes8×10 in, 11×14 in
Provenance of the file
Held byThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · 1973.311.2 the museum’s record
Source fileThe Met’s own open-access file
LicenceCreative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication
Master2,718 × 3,821 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from The Met’s own open-access file on 25 August 2026; held as our print master.

The sheets

8×10 in sheet 8×10 in · image 7.1×10 in · archival margin · 382 dpi
11×14 in sheet 11×14 in · image 10×14 in · archival margin · 273 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 3,821 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.