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Black and white woodcut of an winged angel with a lily approaching a seated Virgin in an arched stone interior with a dove above.

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
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1511).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

Español: La Anunciación, de la serie La vida de la Virgen

Una xilografía muestra la Anunciación en un interior abovedado de estilo gótico, con techo artesonado y arcos de piedra. Un ángel alado se arrodilla a la izquierda sosteniendo un lirio, mientras la Virgen sentada a la derecha, junto a una cama con cortinas y un atril, mira hacia una paloma que desciende en un haz de luz.

Português: A Anunciação, da série A Vida da Virgem

Uma xilogravura mostra a Anunciação em um interior arqueado de estilo gótico, com abóbadas de pedra e teto de caixotões. Um anjo alado ajoelha-se à esquerda segurando um lírio, enquanto a Virgem sentada à direita, ao lado de uma cama com cortinas e um atril, olha para uma pomba que desce em meio à luz.

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