Annunciation (Moretto)
''Annunciation'' is a 1535–1540 oil on panel painting by Moretto da Brescia, now in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia, having been left to the city collection by count Paolo Tosio in 1832 – no previous owners are known. Its small dimensions mean it was probably painted for a home or clergy house rather than a church. Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, ''Alessandro Bonvicino – Il Moretto da Brescia'', Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1988, p. 304 Several replicas and copies are known, some of which are now lost. Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, ''Alessandro Bonvicino – Il Moretto da Brescia'', Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1988, p. 305 Art historians adjudge it one of the artist's best works, "unique in the small oeuvre of Il Moretto" for its composition, colours and religious sense, all based on silvery and subdued tones. It is well-preserved – its first analysis in 1871 by Joseph Archer Crowe and Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle called it a "fine and gracious painting and, even r ...
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