The Annunciation
Albrecht Altdorfer
1513 · Woodcut · Drawings and Prints
Mary continues to pray, focusing on the open book before her, as the angel Gabriel announces the coming of Christ. The narrative of the Annunciation (Luke 1:26–37) is, at its core, about the moment when the word of God, contained in the book, became flesh.
- Artist
- Albrecht Altdorfer
- Date
- 1513
- Medium
- Woodcut
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926