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The Bible does not tell us. The text simply says that Mary was greatly troubled at Gabriel’s greeting but not his appearance (Luke 1:29). The earliest Christian paintings depicted Gabriel in the form of a man during the annunciation. Hundreds of years later, artists began to paint him as an angel with wings.
