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The Annunciation by Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, 1535–1540, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan
Annunciation

The Annunciation

Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli (Italian, c. 1500–1569)

1535–1540 · olio su tavola (oil on panel) · Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Pinacoteca, Milan

For the Annunciation · 25 March

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image 6.9×10 in on a 8×10 in sheet

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About this painting

The angel comes in with a lily, one hand raised, and Our Lady turns from her book with an open palm. Above them the Holy Spirit comes down as a dove. Emanuela Daffra, writing the Restituzioni entry, notes that a rosebush without thorns and a crescent moon have been read as allusions to the Immaculate Conception, always championed by the Franciscans; the work came from San Francesco at Viadana, where a confraternity in its honour was founded in 1513. Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli sets the two outdoors on a floor of precious marbles, perhaps, Daffra suggests, what remains of a ruined temple. On that old stone the Word will take flesh.

Sources: Emanuela Daffra, entry 'Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, Annunciazione', Restituzioni 2016 (Intesa Sanpaolo), 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 1535–1540
Collection Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan
Subject Annunciation
Season Advent
Master 15,943 px
License PD-Art
Attribution Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Pinacoteca, Milan · inv. 127

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Mazzola Bedoli Girolamo
Date 1535 - 1540
Medium olio su tavola (oil on panel)
Dimensions Altezza 208; Larghezza 144
Holding Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Pinacoteca, Milan · inv. 127

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 Gerolamo Mazzola Bedoli – Annunciazione – Google Art Project.jpg
Master 15,943 px on the long edge
Rights PD-Art — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistGirolamo Mazzola Bedoli (Italian, c. 1500–1569)
Date1535–1540
MuseumVeneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Pinacoteca, Milan
Accessioninv. 127
Mediumolio su tavola (oil on panel)
DimensionsAltezza 208; Larghezza 144
Sheet sizes8×10 in, 11×14 in, 16×20 in, 18×24 in, 24×36 in, 32×48 in, 40×60 in
Provenance of the file
Held byVeneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Pinacoteca, Milan · inv. 127 the museum’s record
Source fileWikimedia Commons · Gerolamo Mazzola Bedoli – Annunciazione – Google Art Project.jpg
LicencePublic domain
Master11,027 × 15,943 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from Wikimedia Commons; held as our print master.

The sheets

8×10 in sheet 8×10 in · image 6.9×10 in · archival margin · 1594 dpi
11×14 in sheet 11×14 in · image 9.7×14 in · archival margin · 1139 dpi
16×20 in sheet 16×20 in · image 13.8×20 in · archival margin · 797 dpi
18×24 in sheet 18×24 in · image 16.6×24 in · archival margin · 664 dpi
24×36 in sheet 24×36 in · image 24×34.7 in · archival margin · 459 dpi
32×48 in sheet 32×48 in · image 32×46.3 in · archival margin · 345 dpi
40×60 in sheet 40×60 in · image 40×57.8 in · archival margin · 276 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 15,943 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.