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Woodcut of the Annunciation: a winged angel enters an arched stone room from the left while Mary sits at right beside a canopied bed, a dove above her.

The Annunciation from Life of the Virgin, woodcut

A black-and-white woodcut of the Annunciation shows a winged angel with outspread feathered wings entering a stone-arched interior from the left, while a seated Mary, at right beside a canopied bed, faces him. A dove with radiating light descends above her, and a small monogram appears at lower right in the finely hatched print.

Artist
Albrecht Dürer (mentioned on object)
Date
1501-1505
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2849 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1505.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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