Annunciatie

About this artwork

blad: hoogte 163 mm x breedte 122 mm

Art Historical Context

### Annunciatie (The Annunciation), 1529 This delicate print, titled *Annunciatie* (Dutch for "Annunciation"), captures the biblical moment when the angel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive Jesus. Created in 1529 and attributed to the anonymous hand of Anton von Woensam—a German engraver and painter active in Cologne during the Northern Renaissance—this small work on paper measures just 163 mm high by 122 mm wide, making it an intimate piece likely intended for personal devotion. Woensam's era bridged the late Gothic and early Renaissance, where prints like this wood...