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The Archangel Gabriel of the AnnunciationAngels

The Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation

1191 (Late Komnenian fresco painting; iconographer's inscription dates the start of the program to April 25, 1191, during the reign of Isaac II Angelos; Constantinopolitan-trained master directing local Macedonian hands)· Saint George Church
Photograph by Efkoski Bobi (2009). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 1.0/2.0/2.5/3.0/4.0) and GNU Free Documentation License 1.2+. The underlying 1191 fresco at Saint George Kurbinovo is in the public domain.