Question

A compositional anomaly in this work suggests that it once hung on a side altar in its original home of the Church of San Bartolomeo a Monte Oliveto. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this painting that features a central figure with an excessively long right arm resting on a book. A marble table in this painting is most likely derived from a tomb sculpted by the artist’s master.
ANSWER: Annunciation [accept but do not reveal Leonardo da Vinci’s Annuciation]
[10e] The Annunciation is the earliest work usually attributed to this artist alone. About a decade later, this artist moved to Milan, where he was commissioned to paint the Madonna of the Rocks.
ANSWER: Leonardo da Vinci [or Leonardo]
[10m] This artist’s oft-imitated depiction of the Annunciation shows Gabriel with multi-colored wings surrounding Mary in a garden. This artist and Dominican friar included that work and others around the cells of his San Marco monastery.
ANSWER: Fra Angelico
<Jay Kim, Visual Fine Arts>

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