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The Annunciation Triptych, ca. 1425. Robert Campin and Assistant. The Cloisters Collection, 1956 (56.70).
Annunciation

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God into the city of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.

[Luke 1:26–27]

The Annunciation
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[Reading by Philippe de Montebello, director emeritus of The Metropolitan Museum of Art]
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