The Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin
Samuel van Hoogstraten
ca. 1670
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
26 x 20 3/4 in. (66 x 52.7 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Rogers Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1992
Accession Number
1992.133
Tags
AngelsVirgin Mary
About the Artist
Samuel van Hoogstraten · 1627–1678
Studied under his father, Dirck, and under Rembrandt. Was noted as an artist to the emperor in Vienna and as the head of an academy in Dordrecht. Comment on works: History; Portraits; Genre; Landscapes; Still life; Mythology; Religious