The Annunciation

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

The Annunciation

Entry/Object ID

2007.42

Description

Typical Annunciation scene where Gabriel, CR, comes to Mary, BL, (who sits, back to viewer, with an open book) to tell her of the Immaculate Conception.

Artwork Details

Medium

Woodcut

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of Jeffrey Brown

Made/Created

Artist

Altdorfer, Albrecht

Date made

1513

Ethnography

Notes

Europe, German Germany

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

frame verso

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

2.125 cm

Length

3-1/8 in

Dimension Description

frame

Width

11-3/4 in

Length

14-1/2 in