The Annunciation

This painting stresses the values prized by the artist: precise drawing, contour, and finish, along with strict adherence to the rules of anatomy, perspective, academic modeling, and physiognomic expression in which internal character is revealed by outward appearance.  Bouguereau's subjects included Classical, Christian, mythological, allegorical, or Orientalist themes, as well as contemporary history.

This painting depicts the Annunciation which, according to the Gospel of Luke, is the announcement made by the archangel Gabriel to Mary that she would conceive and bear a son through a virgin birth and become the mother of Jesus Christ, the Christian Messiah and Son of God, marking the Incarnation.

This is an oil on canvas painting