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The Annunciation
Engraved by: Jacob (Jacques) de Gheyn II (Dutch, 1565–1629)
Designed by: Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, about 1564–1651)
Publisher: Jacques Razet (Dutch, died in 1609)
Designed by: Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, about 1564–1651)
Publisher: Jacques Razet (Dutch, died in 1609)
1593
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 36 x 28.3 cm (14 3/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession Number2011.2193
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CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VII, de Gheyn) 329 (II/III); Filedt Kok and Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, de Gheyn Family, part I) 30 (II/V)
State
II/V
Signed
Signed in plate, on the side of the raised platform, lower left: ABlo. Inven. An° 1593: JDGheyn Sculp. JRazet divilg.
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); verso, in pencil: N.II; Pass. 200; MFA stamp with accession number in pencil: 2011.2193
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, below image, lower left: Mater ave, simul et Virgo, Nutrixq Tonantis:/Larga tibi pleno gratia fonte fluit.; lower right: Tecum habitat magnus rerum moderator et autor:/Femineos inter tu præes una choros.
ProvenanceSold by Robert M. Light (dealer; b. 1929 - d. 2016), Santa Barbara, CA, to Robert Wheaton (d. 2010) and Barbara Wheaton, Concord, MA; 2011, gift of Barbara Wheaton to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)