The Annunciation

Jacob (Jacques) de Gheyn II (Dutch, 1565–1629)

Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, about 1564–1651)

Jacques Razet (Dutch, died in 1609)

1593

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsSheet (trimmed to platemark): 36 x 28.3 cm (14 3/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton

Accession number2011.2193

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InscriptionsInscribed in plate, below image, lower left: Mater ave, simul et Virgo, Nutrixq Tonantis:/Larga tibi pleno gratia fonte fluit.; lower right: Tecum habitat magnus rerum moderator et autor:/Femineos inter tu præes una choros.

ProvenanceSold by Robert M. Light (dealer; b. 1929 - d. 2016), Santa Barbara, CA, to Robert Wheaton (d. 2010) and Barbara Wheaton, Concord, MA; 2011, gift of Barbara Wheaton to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)