The Annunciation
Object type: Painting
Department: European Paintings
Artist: Petrus Christus
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Baarle-Hertog (Baerle-Duc), active by 1444–died 1475/76 Bruges
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Date: ca. 1450
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: Overall 31 x 25 7/8 in. (78.7 x 65.7 cm); painted surface 30 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (77.5 x 64.1 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
Accession year: 1932
Tags: Annunciation|Doves|Lilies|Virgin Mary|Archangel Gabriel