The Annunciation, between 1509 and 1511

  • Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528

Woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Image: 5 × 3 7/8 inches (12.7 × 9.8 cm) Sheet: 5 3/8 × 4 1/4 inches (13.7 × 10.8 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Comstock

44.291

Signed on block, top right edge: [monogram]

Watermark: fragment along center right edge

Inscribed in ink, verso, lower left and center: [abbreviations and numerical notations]

1944-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Dodgson, C. Albrecht Durer. New York, 1967, no. 63.

Albrecht Dürer, The Annunciation, between 1509 and 1511, woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Comstock, 44.291.