Annunciation of Cortona [SEP] creator
Annunciation of Cortona
The Annunciation of Cortona is a panel-painting altarpiece or retable by Fra Angelico: once housed in the Church of Gesù of Cortona, it is now held at the Museo Diocesano in Cortona.
History.
The "Annunciation of Cortona" was painted by Fra Angelico in 1433-1434, in tempera on panel, 175 cm x 180 cm.
This is one of three Annunciations by Fra Angelico on the table (the other two are in the Prado Museum, and the Museo
(the two others are the example in the Prado in Madrid and the "Annunciation of Cortona" in the Museo Diocesano of Cortona) - he also painted in twice in fresco, both in the convent of San Marco, Florence, at the top of the entrance stairway and in the third cell. He combined an Annunciation with an Adoration of the magi in another fresco at San Marco and in a diptych in the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria at Pérouse.