The Annunciation
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Correggio (Antonio Allegri)
Artist bio: Italian, Correggio, active by 1514–died 1534 Correggio
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1522–25
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, squared in red chalk, on paper tinted with reddish wash
Dimensions: 3-3/4 x 6-3/4 in.  (9.5 x 17.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1917
Accession year: 1919
Tags: Annunciation|Virgin Mary|Archangel Gabriel