books0977:The Annunciation (1657). Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665). Oil on canvas. National Gall
books0977:The Annunciation (1657). Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665). Oil on canvas. National Gallery London.In view of the simple and at the same time austere monumentality of the picture, identified as a work by Poussin by an illusionistically painted wood panel, it seems suitable as an altarpiece for a burial chapel. More likely that the painting represents a commission issued by Flavio Chigi, who in 1655 was made a Cardinal by Pope Alexander VII - also prominently named on the painted wooden panel. -- source link