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The Annunciation, 1898, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.
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Oil on canvas of a frightened young girl sits on the edge of her bed, as she receives a visit from an angel messenger. The angel in this painting is depicted as a long stream of golden light.

Credit: Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Annunciation, 1898, by Henry Ossawa Tanner. Many of Tanner's paintings were of religious subjects. In this masterful painting of the Annunciation, he represented the Angel Gabriel as a column of light.

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