Giordano was the leading painter in Naples in the late seventeenth century and one of the most sought after Italian artists of his day. He painted in a variety of styles, but always with verve and panache. This Annunciation is dated 1672, following a trip to Venice, and it pays homage to the work of Titian. X-radiographs reveal that Giordano reworked the angel extensively.

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