The Annunciation

c. 1480/1490

Israhel van Meckenem after Martin Schongauer

Associated Names
Israhel van Meckenem

Artist, German, c. 1445 - 1503

Martin Schongauer

Artist After, German, c. 1450 - 1491

This is a drawing of an angelic visitation. The drawing depicts an angel engaging with a figure draped in robes in front of a curtained space. A radiant figure at the top is surrounded by beams of light, and a dove hovers near the robed figure. The angel appears to be making a gesture toward the figure. There are elements such as a floral motif and a small lectern-like object in the corner. The linear style and shading emphasize the divine nature of the encounter.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15.9 × 10.8 cm (6 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.101

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 9, p.017, no. 14, State ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 201, repro.

Bibliography

1908

  • Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1967

  • Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 201.

Wikidata ID

Q64958465

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