Annunciation by Titian Vecellio

Annunciation by Titian Vecellio

Documents to accurately date the picture, not preserved. Enclosed in a frame of gray stone work of a prominent architect and sculptor Jacopo San-sovino.

The explanation of the unusual signature was given in 1648 by K. Ridolfi, who claims that Titian, repeating the word “made,” emphasized the completeness of the picture.

The second inscription is a hint at the biblical Burning Bush – one of the symbols of the purity of the Madonna

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