SALIMBENI, Ventura
(b. 1568, Siena, d. 1613, Siena)

The Annunciation

c. 1605
Oil on wood, 42,8 x 29 cm
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

Salimbeni was a late Mannerist follower of Federico Barocci, strongly influenced also by Beccafumi and the Roman Mannerist painters like Giuseppe Cesari.

The small panel representing the Annunciation was originally probably a book cover.