Annunciation to Joachim

c. 1513

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

This is a drawing of a person receiving something from a cloud-like figure in the sky. The drawing features a bearded figure with flowing robes, reaching upwards with arms extended towards a figure descending from above on a cloud. The celestial figure appears to be lowering or dropping something. The scene is set outdoors, with a flock of sheep visible in the background. The artwork displays intricate cross-hatching and line work typical of early printmaking styles.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    block: 7.2 × 4.9 cm (2 13/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 7.6 × 5.2 cm (3 × 2 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.112

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. w. 4

  • Series Title

    The Fall and Redemption of Man

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna (duplicate, Lugt 5g). W.G. Russell Allen [1882-1955], Boston; gift to the NGA, 1941.

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

Q64952411

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