Notice

From 9/20 through 9/23, visitors may only enter through the John R entrance. All other entrances, plus the museum grounds, Kirby St and Farnsworth St will be closed during this time for Concours d'Elegance.

The Annunciation, 1513

  • Albrecht Altdorfer, German, 1480-1538

Woodcut printed in black ink on modern laid paper (?)

  • Image: 4 3/4 × 3 5/8 inches (12.1 × 9.2 cm) Sheet: 5 × 3 3/4 inches (12.7 × 9.5 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund

49.334

Signed, on block, upper left center: [artist's monogram]

Inscribed, on block, center right edge: 1513

1949-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Winzinger, F. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik. Munich, 1963, no. 21.

Albrecht Altdorfer, The Annunciation, 1513, woodcut printed in black ink on modern laid paper (?). Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund, 49.334.