| Ecce Ancilla Domini | |
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| Artist | Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
| Year | 1850 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 73 cm × 41.9 cm (29 in × 16.5 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
Ecce Ancilla Domini (Latin: "Behold the handmaiden of the Lord"), or The Annunciation, is an oil painting by the English artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, first painted in 1850 and now in Tate Britain in London. The Latin title is a quotation from the Vulgate text of the first chapter of the Gospel of Saint Luke, describing the Annunciation,[1] where Mary accepts the message brought to her by the Angel Gabriel that she would give birth to a child (Jesus) by God.
The title is more correctly Ecce Ancilla Domini!, but many sources ignore the exclamation mark.