The Annunciation, 1593; published 1599

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 30, State iii/v

Accession Number

2002.2.2

Artists / Makers

Jacques de Gheyn II (artist) Dutch, 1565 - 1629

Abraham Bloemaert (artist after) Dutch, 1566 - 1651

Robert de Baudous (publisher) Flemish, 1574/1575 - after 1655

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in step: Ablo. Inven: Ano 1599 JDGheyn sculp. JRazet divulg.; lower left in plate: Mater ave, simul et Virgo, Nutrixq Tonantis: / Larga tibi pleno gratia fonte fluit.; lower right in plate: Tecum habitat magnus reaum moderator et autor: / Femineos inter tu praes una chozos. / Robb. de baudous excud.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 000322

Provenance

(Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul

Exhibition History

2004: Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (De Gheyn family, Jan Piet Filedt Kok and Marjolein Leesberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 30, state iii/v.