The Annunciation; on the left the archangel Gabriel approaches the praying Virgin Mary in her bedchamber, over her head a dove representing the Holy Ghost, in the sky above a figure of God the Father, after Dürer
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: The Passion of Christ
Artist: Marcantonio Raimondi|Albrecht Dürer
Artist bio: Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?)|German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|German
Date: ca. 1500–1534
Medium: Engraving; second state of three
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 3 15/16 in. (13 × 10 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Henry Walters, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Archangel Gabriel|Annunciation|Virgin Mary