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Annunciation to the shepherds

Maker

(artist)
1510-1592

(publisher)
1550-1600

Title

Annunciation to the shepherds

Date of Production

1593 - 1595

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Height: 265 mm
Width: 204 mm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.1

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription: printed : top center page : QUIA NATUS EST VOBIS DOIE SALVATOR Luc II //

Inscription: printed : bottom of page : Angelus aetherea ab arce, bubulcis / In terris natum nunciat ecce Deum / Agrestes inflat calamos hic, illa iuvencam / Emungit, puero munera quisque parat. / Ite cohors felix, felicia munera, vobis / Cernere si dabitur Virginitatis opes. //EX PROMPTUARIO PERILL.IS COMITIS HIERONYMI DE IUSTIS EXARATA / Iacobus di pont Bassanensis inventor Sadeler excud. Venetiis //

Inscription: pen and ink : bottom right & recto : 1.L.2b //

Stamp: Stamp : lower margin : center : J. BASSANO

Collector's mark: Collector's mark : verso : center right : stamped : WITT LIBRARY

Inscription: Inscription : verso : center bottom : pencil : Jan Sadeler died in Venice 1600.// illegible section// left lower margin : pencil : C982/41 (24)// right lower margin : G.1990.WL.1// 174

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