Saint Anne: an angel announces to her the birth of her daughter the Virgin Mary. Wood engraving by Dalziel Brothers, 1853, after W.O. Williams after Giotto.

1853

[London] : Arundel Society ; 1853
1 print : wood engraving, with yellow tone block

The angel appears to Anna. Giotto pinx. W.O. Williams del. Dalziel fratres fec. Bears number: III

Frederic W. Maynard,·A descriptive notice of the drawings and publications of the Arundel Society arranged in the order of their issue, London: J.B. Nichols and Sons, 1869 p. 10 ("Eight engravings on wood by Messrs. Dalziel, after Mr. W. Oliver Williams's drawings from the frescoes by Giotto in the Chapel of Santa Maria dell'Arena at Padua illustrating the history of the Virgin Mary and our Lord. ... 3. Anna, his wife, praying in her chamber, receives from an angel the promise of a child)

Wellcome Collection 8559i

After: a fresco in the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua