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A peacock appears on a balcony in a version of this scene with a UFO-like cloud by Carlo Crivelli. A figure in this scene (20[1])holds a white lily representing Florence in the earliest known commissioned painting for Leonardo da Vinci. (0[1])This scene is set in a cloister (20[1])and broken up by Roman-style columns (20[1]0[1])in a fresco for the (0[1])San Marco Monastery (0[2])by (*) Fra Angelico. (10[6])This (10[1])scene is flanked (10[1])by (10[1]0[1])two panels (10[1])- one (0[1])of donors at a door and the other of (10[1])Joseph (0[1])in his workshop - in Robert (10[1])Campin's (10[1])Mérode Altarpiece. (10[1])This scene typically depicts an angel with rainbow-colored wings (0[1])bowing (10[2])towards a (0[1])woman with a beam (10[1])of light (10[4]0[1])shining on her head or stomach. (10[1])For 10 points, name this biblical scene of (10[1])Gabriel speaking (10[1])to Mary. (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[1])

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