The Annunciation

c. 1502/1504

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a drawing of an interior scene with a winged angel kneeling before a seated figure. The room features architectural elements like arched vaults and detailed masonry, a descending dove above surrounded by light, a glimpse of an exterior landscape, a small staircase, and a hanging chandelier. The style is reminiscent of Albrecht Dürer's work.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.33

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 195

  • Series Title

    The Life of the Virgin

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Vincent Mayer [1831-1918], New York (Lugt 2525). Wiliam Goodwin Russell Allen [1882-1955], Boston; gift to NGA, 1941.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection (Summer 2000), National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 173.

Wikidata ID

Q18338566

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