The Annunciation – Antique Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: The Annunciation, preserved in this antique engraving. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Annunciation
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Signed with his initials on the plate, this Annunciation is the work of Martin Schongauer, the German engraver from Colmar whose precise line shaped printmaking in the late 1400s. Its verso bears the collection marks of Henry Brodhurst and George Lothrop Bradley, and the monogram watermark helps trace the sheet's path into American hands. The scene shows the angel Gabriel greeting the Virgin Mary, a subject Schongauer treated with great care and that Albrecht Dürer later studied closely. The catalog date of [14--] is incomplete, so the exact year of printing remains uncertain.
| Created / published | [14--] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Subjects | Engraving by Martin Schongauer, ca. 1430-1491. Bartsch, 3; Amand-Durand, 3. Signed with initials on plate. Coll. marks on verso of Herny Brodhurst (Lugt 1269), and George Lothrop Bradley (Lugt suppl., 288b). Watermark of monogram. Bradley Collection. Ref. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Angels; Virgin Mary; Bible--New Testament; Art. works. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,111 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156242 |
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