The Annunciation

The Annunciation

Title

The Annunciation

[cda 2019]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[handwritten annotation (Rosenberg?) on the reverse of a photograph in the archive D. Koepplin]

The Virgin is shown kneeling at a lectern on the right hand side of the vertical format painting. Her hands are folded in prayer and her head is bowed in humility. The Archangel Gabriel enters the room from the left hand side. His right hand is raised in blessing, and

The Virgin is shown kneeling at a lectern on the right hand side of the vertical format painting. Her hands are folded in prayer and her head is bowed in humility. The Archangel Gabriel enters the room from the left hand side. His right hand is raised in blessing, and in his left hand he holds a letter with a seal.

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[handwritten annotation (Rosenberg?) on the reverse of a photograph in the archive D. Koepplin]

Production date
about 1515 - 1520

Production date

about 1515 - 1520

[cda 2019]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 63 × 39.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 63 × 39.5 cm

  • [handwritten annotation (Rosenberg?) on the reverse of a photograph in the archive D. Koepplin]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P303
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P303/

Provenance

  • no information available
    [cda 2019]

Research History / Discussion

'Friedländer Expertise 1929: Cranach d. Ä.'

[handwritten comment by D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the D. Koepplin Archive]

  • The Annunciation, about 1515 - 1520

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