Annunciation to Joachim

c. 1513

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

This image depicts a figure reaching towards a larger figure resting on a cloud, with a pastoral landscape and sheep in the background. The artwork is rendered in a monochromatic, illustrative style with strong, defined line work. The central figure has outstretched arms towards another figure on a cloud above, depicted in a reclining position. The scene is set in a rural landscape with distant hills or mountains and a flock of sheep. The artwork suggests storytelling themes, resembling works by early Renaissance or Northern European artists.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 7.2 × 4.9 cm (2 13/16 × 1 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.329

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. w. 4

  • Series Title

    The Fall and Redemption of Man

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 29.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. w. 4.

Wikidata ID

Q64952458

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