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The Annunciation

(Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
(Italian, 1542–1596)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsPlatemark: 51.6 × 37.8 cm (20 5/16 × 14 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 53.2 × 39 cm (20 15/16 × 15 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP7351
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, on floor above shadow: P. Josephus Valerianus Inuent.; and in lower margin, below engraved border, left: Grata Patri Summo salve Jessea propago./Illesa paries virginitate Deum.; and right: Hoc opus efficiet divinus Spiritus in te:/Est par, aut Similis feminia nulla tibi. C. Schoneus.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.