Annunciatie

About this artwork

height 108 mm x width 65 mm

Art Historical Context

This delicate etching titled *Annunciatie* captures the pivotal biblical moment when the angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will bear the son of God. Created by the Italian artist Parmigianino between 1524 and 1540, the small-scale print measures just 108 by 65 millimeters, making it an intimate work likely intended for private devotion or a collector’s cabinet. Parmigianino, a leading figure of the Mannerist movement, brought his characteristic elegance and refined linework to religious subjects like this one. Etching was a relatively new printmaking technique during the Renaissance, a...

About the Artist

Parmigianino · 1503–1540

Parmigianino (1503–1540), born Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, was an Italian painter and printmaker who became one of the most influential figures of the first generation of Mannerist artists. Orphaned before his second birthday, he was raised by his painter uncles in Parma and showed extraordinary precocity, completing a major altarpiece by age eighteen. His elegant, sophisticated style—charac...