Annunciation of Fano
{{Short description|Painting by Pietro Perugino}}
{{Infobox Artwork
| image_file=Pietro Perugino cat23.jpg
| title= Annunciation of Fano
| artist=Pietro Perugino
| year=c. 1488–1490
| medium=Oil on panel
| height_metric=212
| width_metric=172
| metric_unit=cm
| imperial_unit=in
| city=Fano
| museum=Church of Santa Maria Nuova
}}
Annunciation of Fano is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Pietro Perugino, executed around 1488–1490, and housed in the church of Santa Maria Nuova, Fano, Italy.
The work was successful, and a few years later he was commissioned to paint an altarpiece for the same church, the Fano Altarpiece.
Description
The painting is set within a four bay portico, a common element in Perugino's paintings from the 1480s (as, for example, in the Albani-Torlonia Polyptych and the Pietà). Behind it is a background with hills featuring light trees.
In the foreground is the Annunciation, lit from the left. The angel, holding a white lily (symbol of purity), announces that she will bear Jesus; Mary, who was previously reading a book on a classical altar in front of her, has a surprised face. Behind them, in the upper center, is God in an oval with cherubim and seraphim, sending the Holy Spirit (portrayed as a dove) to her.
Sources
- {{cite book|first=Vittoria|last=Garibaldi|language=Italian|title=Pittori del Rinascimento|publisher=Scala|chapter=Perugino|location=Florence|year=2004}}
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Category:Paintings by Pietro Perugino