''The Immaculate Conception with Saints'' (also known as ''The Incarnation of Jesus'') is a painting by the

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Piero di Cosimo Piero di Cosimo (2 January 1462 – 12 April 1522), also known as Piero di Lorenzo, was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He is most famous for the mythological and allegorical subjects he painted in the late Quattrocento; he is said to ...

, executed between 1485 and 1505. It is housed in the

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. The painting was executed for the Tebaldi Chapel in the church of the Annunziata of Florence, and was acquired by Cardinal

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in 1670. It was moved to the Uffizi in 1804.Gloria Fossi, ''Galleria degli Uffizi - Arte storia collezioni'', p. 202 The work shows the Virgin in a central and illuminated position, with a dove hovering above her head. She is flanked by the Saints

John the Evangelist John the Evangelist ( grc-gre, Ἰωάννης, Iōánnēs; Aramaic: ܝܘܚܢܢ; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ; ar, يوحنا الإنجيلي, la, Ioannes, he, יוחנן cop, ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ or ⲓⲱ̅ⲁ) is the name traditionally given t ...

Philip Benizi Philip Benizi (sometimes St Philip Benitius, and in Italian Filippo Benizzi) (August 15, 1233 – August 22, 1285) was a general superior of the Order of the Servites, and credited with reviving the order. Pope Leo X recognised his cult 24 January ...

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(kneeling on the left),

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(kneeling on the right), Antoninus and

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. In the background is a typical Piero's landscape, with two hills characterized by rock with human and beast appearance, where the other scenes of the ''Adoration of the Magi'', the ''Annunciation to the Shepherds'' on the left and the ''Flight to Egypt'' on the right are depicted.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Immaculate Conception With Saints (Piero Di Cosimo) Paintings by Piero di Cosimo 1510 paintings 1498 paintings Paintings in the collection of the Uffizi

Paintings depicting Saint Peter Birds in art Paintings of Margaret the Virgin Paintings depicting John the Apostle Paintings of Catherine of Alexandria