The Annunciation

1593; published 1599

Jacques de Gheyn II

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1629

Robert de Baudous

Publisher, Flemish, 1574/1575 - after 1655

Jacques de Gheyn II after Abraham Bloemaert

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    2002.2.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 30, State iii/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

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

Watermarks

coat of arms (Heawood 481)

Wikidata ID

Q76342648

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