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The Annunciation

Maker

Bernadino Passeri (artist)
born 1530 or 1540, died 1590 (Life dates)

(engraver)
1553-1619

Title

The Annunciation

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.1 cm
Width: 14.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2845

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

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: above the image, black ink: “ANNVNCIATIO. // l Luc. i. // cvij”; within the image, black ink: “A B C D E F G H”; lower left edge, black ink: “Bern pass. // Rom. inuen.”; lower right edge, black ink: “Hieronymous Wierx Sculp.”; below the image, black ink: “A. Comentus Angelorum, vbi declarat Deus […] H. Pie credi potest, Angelum missum in // Limbum, ad Christi incarnationem // Patribus mirandam.”.

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