The Annunciation, from the Life of the Virgin series

A woodcut print shows the Annunciation inside an arched Gothic-style interior with stone vaulting and a coffered ceiling. An winged angel kneels at left holding a lily, while a seated Virgin at right, beside a draped bed and a lectern, looks toward a dove descending in light.

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Date

ca. 1506

Medium

woodcut on laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2129 × 2918 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum