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Chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation
Artist: Antonio Aquili (Antoniazzo Romano)
Date: 1500
• The painting over the altar is Our Lady of the Annunciation Gives the Dowry to the Poor Maidens Presented by Cardinal Torquemada
• In the painting the Virgin gives purses to three girls with Torquemada kneeling nearby. Cardinal Torquemada's Confraternity of Our Lady of the Annunciation gave dowries to poor girls
• This is one of the most famous works of Antonio Aquili
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