Annunciatie

About this artwork

blad: hoogte 478 mm (Binnen plaatrand afgesneden.) x breedte 341 mm (Binnen plaatrand afgesneden.)

Art Historical Context

**Annunciatie** is a striking engraving by Nicolas Laigniel, created between 1670 and 1691 during the late Baroque era. This large-scale print, measuring 478 mm in height and 341 mm in width within the plate marks (with the sheet trimmed just inside the borders), captures the timeless biblical scene of the Annunciation—the moment the angel Gabriel reveals to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive the Christ child. Laigniel, a 17th-century engraver likely working in a Northern European tradition, exemplifies the period's devotion to religious iconography, where such subjects adorned both grand ...