The Annunciation

1594

Hendrick Goltzius

Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

Prints

The Life of the Virgin: The Annunciation, 1594. Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Engraving; sheet: 47 x 35.1 cm (18 1/2 x 13 13/16 in.); image: 46.1 x 34.9 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1994.85

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Goltzius, Hendrick
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: engraving
Medium: engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 47 x 35.1 cm (18 1/2 x 13 13/16 in.); Image: 46.1 x 34.9 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: lower center, in plate: HG [in monogram] / A°.1594· ; lower left, in plate: 'SERENISSIMO PRINCIPI. AC IL- / LVSTRISSIMO DN[horizontal line above 'N']O, D.[omino] GUILIELMO. V. / COMITI PALAT.[ino] RHE.[nano] VTRIUSQUE, / BAVARIÆ DVCI. etc. / Vt medys Proteus se transformabat in vndis, / Formosae cupido Pomonae captus amore: / Sic varia PRINCEPS TIBI nunc se Goltzius arte / Commutat, sculptor mirabilis, atque repertor. / C. Schonaeus. ; Across bottom, in plate: Pone metum virgo, celsi tibi nuncius adsum / Missus ab arce poli, paries intacta stupente / Natura, vt veterum cecinêre oracula vatum, / Teque Dei matrem totus venerabitur orbis. ; lower center, in plate: HG / A°. 1594. ; verso, upper left, in brown ink: A ; verso, lower left, in graphite: de[p?]/wpw[b?]
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 1994.85
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Exhibitions: Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620, Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."
Rights Statement: CC0