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SANDRO BOTTICELLI | Annunciazione di Cestello e Cristo in Pietà | Uffizi, Sala 10-14 | Versione integrale | La narrazione è di Fabiana Bianchini, la voce di Maria Paiato | Leggi la scheda completa dell'opera su uffizi.it   Sandro Botticelli | The Cestello Annunciation and Pietà | Room 10-14  The hands are suspended in space, as if waiting. The angel has just arrived. A puff of wind passes through his light veil. Like conception, like life: a gasp, a breath. He kneels, a hand outstretched towards Mary to reassure her. Distracted from her reading, the Virgin almost turns upon herself; her gaze is turned inwards, as if listening to the heartbeat. One hand says “wait”, the other is level with her heart. It takes time to take in a piece of news. The announcement changes the Virgin: life changes with a child. The life growing inside you brings immense emotions with it. You are no longer alone; there’s someone living in your womb, the perfect home. When I was expecting my daughter, she lived perfectly insi