The Annunciation

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, c. 1608

Oil on canvas, 285 × 205 cm

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy

Room VII · Sicily and the Last Journey (1608–1610)

The Annunciation, Caravaggio, c. 1608 — Image: Wikimedia Commons, public domain

The angel descends on a cloud towards Mary, kneeling with bowed head beside her sewing basket. The altarpiece was given by Duke Henry II of Lorraine to the primatial church of Nancy; its surface is badly worn, and where and when exactly it was painted remains uncertain.