Andrea not only modelled the babies outside but the beautiful Annunciation (of which I give a reproduction in this volume) in the court: one of his best works.

The photograph will show how full of pretty thoughts it is, but in colour it is more charming still and the green of the lily stalks is not the least delightful circumstance.

Not only among works of sculpture but among Annunciations this relief holds a very high place.

Few of the artists devised a scene in which the great news was brought more engagingly, in sweeter surroundings, or received more simply.
The door of the chapel close by leads to another work of art equally adapted to its situation--Ghirlandaio's Adoration of the Magi: one of the perfect pictures for children.

We have seen Ghirlandaio's Adoration of the Shepherds at the Accademia: this is its own brother.