God points to the Virgin and tells the angel Gabriel to go and announce to her the birth of Jesus Christ. Engraving by Jan Sadeler after F. Sustris.

  • Sustris, Friedrich, approximately 1540-1599.
Date:
[between 1580 and 1589?]
Reference:
2472597i
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Description

The Virgin sits at a prie-dieu sewing a cloth on a cushion. A book and a vase of lilies are before her

Publication/Creation

[Munich?] : Ioann. Sadeler seren.mi Bavar. ducis chalcographus scalpit et excud, [between 1580 and 1589?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 25.7 x 21.1 cm

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Lettering

Quam laudas, quam virgo colis, quam cernere gestis? Ignoras de qua virgine virgo legas? Ignoras ad quam legetur ab aethere princeps? Monstratam digitis respice virgo, scies. Serenissimae principi ac D.D. Renatae seren.mi utr. Bavariae ducis coniugu ded. Cum privelegio Sac. Caesar. Maiestat. Frederic. Sustris, seren.mi Bavar. ducis pictor et archit: figuravit. Ioan Sadeler seren.mi Bavar. ducis chalcographus scalpit et excud.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2472597i

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