The Archangel Gabriel announcing the birth of Christ
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Lucas van Leyden
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Leiden ca. 1494–1533 Leiden
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Date: 1520s
Medium: Pen and brown ink; squared in black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 5/16 x 6 1/2 in. (21.1 x 16.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Promised Gift of Leon D. and Debra R. Black, and Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift and 2007 Benefit Fund, 2008
Accession year: 2008
Tags: Angels|Archangel Gabriel