Annunciatie

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Aartsengel Gabriël verschijnt aan Maria, wijzend naar de heilige geest boven hem.

Art Historical Context

Jonas Umbach’s *Annunciatie* captures the pivotal biblical moment when the Archangel Gabriel appears to the Virgin Mary, pointing upward to the Holy Spirit represented as a dove. Created as a modest etching measuring just 119 by 79 millimeters, the work distills this sacred encounter into an intimate scene suited for personal devotion or small-scale print collections in the seventeenth century. Umbach, active in Augsburg during the Baroque period, specialized in etchings that combined delicate linework with dramatic religious narratives. The medium allowed for fine detail and wide distributio...

About the Artist

Jonas Umbach · 1624–1693

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