Painting, Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

L'Annunciata, or Virgin Annunciate, 1476, by Antonello da Messina, 1430-1479, depicting Mary interrupted at her reading by the Angel of the Annunciation, oil on wood, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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