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New Testament subjects

New Testament subjects

MARCO DENTE DA RAVENNA (D. 1527)

The Annunciation

c.1515-1527

Engraving | 29.6 x 26.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850308

An engraving depicting the Annunciation that Ruland (1876) catalogued as being after a lost original by Raphael for the Grassi family in Bologna (c.1510-1511). Massari (see Bibliographic References) states that the painting was lost in 1773 and that the known prints depicting the composition are after a lost preparatory drawing.

  • Creator(s)

    Marco Dente Da Ravenna (d. 1527) (engraver)

    After? Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)

  • 29.6 x 26.4 cm (sheet of paper)

    29.4 x 26.3 cm (platemark)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76) 

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Life of the Virgin Mary
            • Annunciation
          • God (Christianity)
            • God the Father
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    p. 214, no. III.1 (entry written by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)