Cestello Annunciation
Biblical Context
Annunciation - The moment when the Angel Gabriel announced to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and bear the Son of God, as described in Luke 1:26-38.
The strong emotions and color suggest Botticelli may have been a listener to Girolamo Savonarola, a monk from Ferrara who became the prior of San Marco. Savonarola was a preacher who advocated the destruction of secular art and culture, and was later tortured and executed.
