id:			157553
accession number:	1994.85
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.85
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The Life of the Virgin: The Annunciation, 1594. Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Engraving; sheet: 47 x 35.1 cm (18 1/2 x 13 13/16 in.); image: 46.1 x 34.9 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1994.85

title:				The Annunciation
title in original language:	
series:				The Life of the Virgin
series in original language:	
creation date:			1594
creation date earliest:		1594
creation date latest:		1594
current location:		
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Netherlands, late 16th Century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 9 (VIII.5)

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CREATORS

* Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 47 x 35.1 cm (18 1/2 x 13 13/16 in.); Image: 46.1 x 34.9 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
state of the work:	ii/v
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support materials:

	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower center, in plate: HG [in monogram] / A°.1594· ; lower left, in plate: 'SERENISSIMO PRINCIPI. AC IL- / LVSTRISSIMO DN[horizontal line above 'N']O, D.[omino] GUILIELMO. V. / COMITI PALAT.[ino] RHE.[nano] VTRIUSQUE, / BAVARIÆ DVCI. etc. / Vt medys Proteus se transformabat in vndis, / Formosae cupido Pomonae captus amore: / Sic varia PRINCEPS TIBI nunc se Goltzius arte / Commutat, sculptor mirabilis, atque repertor. /  C. Schonaeus. ; Across bottom, in plate: Pone metum virgo, celsi tibi nuncius adsum / Missus ab arce poli, paries intacta stupente / Natura, vt veterum cecinêre oracula vatum, / Teque Dei matrem totus venerabitur orbis. ; lower center, in plate: HG / A°. 1594. ;  verso, upper left, in brown ink: A ; verso, lower left, in graphite: de[p?]/wpw[b?]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
	opening date:   1997-08-03T00:00:00
	<i>Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97.  "Mannerism:  Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Paul McCarron, New York 5/24/94).
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wall description:
The series of six prints, <em>The Life of the Virgin</em>, is also known as the Master Engravings, an acknowledgment of Goltzius's significant achievement. Each of the six engravings evokes a different artistic style, imitating but not copying works by Albrecht Dürer (1471–1526), Federico Barocci (about 1535–1612), and others. An engraved dedication to Wilhelm V, Duke of Bavaria, appears in the lower left corner. Written by poet Cornelis Schoneus (1540–1611), it praises the versatility and skill of Hendrik Goltzius. The inscription across the bottom that refers to the subject of the print reads: "Set aside your fear, Virgin, I appear to you as a messenger sent from the heavenly vault: undamaged shall you give birth, to the astonishment of nature, following the prophecies sung by the ancient prophets, and the whole world will worship you as the mother of god."
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