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Annunciation (Virgin Mary)
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Annunciation (Virgin Mary)

Crispijn van de Passe (I) · 1574 - 1637 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Mary sits before a lectern with her finger in a book. She looks up at the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove hovering above her. The scene is enclosed in an oval frame with a Latin border inscription and cherubins in the corners. In the margin a four-line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Pendant of a print of the angel Gabriel.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineAnnunciatie (Maagd Maria). 1574 - 1637. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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