The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, c. 1650, after G. Lanfranco.

John baptises Christ; the holy spirit descends. Etching by J. Mynde, c. 1737.

The presentation of Jesus to the priest of the Temple. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

Saint Joachim. Stipple engraving by C.J. Pomel, 1818, after N.-J. Blaizot.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, 1594.

A dove. Coloured engraving.

The angel, announcing the birth of Christ, gives a lily to the Virgin. Etching by N. Le Mire after Dubois after F. Solimena.

The canonised Noah. Lithograph by J.G. Schreiner, c. 1840.

A laurel branch and a palm branch occupied by a snake and a dove; representing success when cunning (the snake) is allied to simplicity (the dove). Woodcut and letterpress, 1621.

A bustard, peacock and peahen, stock dove and squirrel in the grounds of a large house. Etching by F. Place after F. Barlow.

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The man on the crook next to Mary may be Simeon. Behind him a woman brings two doves as a gift to the temple. A man holds a golden statue on the altar; it is composed of a nude reclining on the forehead of a horned monster. A cherub embraces a dog in the foreground

Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der königlichen Galerie in Dresden.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour and gum arabic ; border 36.5 x 61.5 cm

Foreground left, the Virgin's sewing basket containing scissors and thread. Right, the Archangel shows the sole of his foot to the viewer

Naturalist's library.

Naturalist's library. Ornithology

Naturalist's library. Ornithology. Gallinaceous birds

xv, [17]-228 pages, [2] leaves, [5]-20 pages, 30 color preliminary leaves : frontispiece (portrait), add. engr. t.page, illustrations ; (8vo)

The natural history of pigeons / Illustrated by thirty-two plates, coloured, and numerous woodcuts. With memoir of Pliny by Andrew Crichton.

Bible. N.T. Luke 1.26-35. The attitudes and postures of the Virgin and the angel vary significantly in different represenations of the Annunciation. The Virgin's hand is usually active; sometimes she is intently studying, sometimes she is in a gesture of surprise. She may be glorified, or on the other hand she may kneel. Then the angel varies in relation to her: he might kneel before her. After the Council of Trent, the angel was set in the air, "reacting against the excessive 'familiarity' of religious art of the 15th century" (L. Réau, Iconographie de l'art chrétien, Presses Universitaires de France : Paris, 1957, vol. 2, book 2, pp. 178-187, particularly p. 182)
The angel Gabriel folds his arms; Mary lifts her veil

1 print : line engraving with etching ; border 40.2 x 27.3 cm

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; sheet 12.2 x 20.8 cm

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The presentation of Jesus to the priest of the Temple. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, 1594.

The natural history of pigeons / Illustrated by thirty-two plates, coloured, and numerous woodcuts. With memoir of Pliny by Andrew Crichton.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

A dove. Coloured engraving.

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The presentation of Jesus to the priest of the Temple. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, 1594.

The natural history of pigeons / Illustrated by thirty-two plates, coloured, and numerous woodcuts. With memoir of Pliny by Andrew Crichton.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

A dove. Coloured engraving.

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