THE ANNUNCIATION
Circa 1503
Sheet 7 from the series “The Life of the Virgin”
With monogram
304×211 mm
Handbooks:
Impression in the Museum collections
Second half of the 16th century
Watermark:
a narrow high crown with the letter "P"
Provenance:
State Hermitage;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1862;
in the Museum since 1924
Inv. Г-2251
Comments:
the impression is without text on the back, a brownish one (М. 195, III, was made between two editions, described by Meder in the items a and b)
Other impressions in the Museum collections:
Inv. Г-2253, on paper without watermarks, with Latin text on the back; from the 1511 edition. The whole top part of the sheet is cut off
