The painting, Annunciation, by Leonardo da Vinci is a fascinating piece of art. My initial feelings when looking at the painting are that of curiosity and delight. The painting portrays a young-looking person, with wings, on a knee while looking up at a young blonde woman who is sitting in a chair next to a building while flipping the pages of a book that is perched in front of her (Vinci). These aspects of the work are what spark my curiosity. I genuinely have no idea what the painting is depicting or what message the artist is trying to send. My delight comes from the amazing detail that is intricately painted throughout the piece. From the contours of the clothing, to the individual blades of grass, to the trees in the background, Leonardo put extreme detail into his art piece. The part of the painting that most interests me is the person with wings. I am excited to research the painting mostly to…show more content… Leonardo da Vinci was born in Italy in 1452, and he painted Annunciation sometime between the years 1472 and 1475, which means that he completed the painting in his early twenties (“Leonardo,” 2017). During this period Leonardo was the apprentice to the painter of the Baptism of Christ, Andrea del Verrocchio, and had painted one of the angles in the painting along with part of the landscape in the background (“Andrea,” 2017). Since both pieces of art were completed in the same timeframe of each other, without a specific date, one cannot determine if the work that da Vinci did on the Baptism of Christ influenced his work on Annunciation, or the other way around. Either way, there is a connection between the two paintings that were both created during his early twenties, both have angels, and both have a detailed distant landscape. Furthermore, one of the angels in the Baptism of Christ is on one knee in a pose very much like that of the angel in
