The Annunciation, from The Little Passion Series
The Virgin kneels at right, her hands clasped before her. She turns her head toward the angel who appears at left. God the Father is seen in a ray of light, upper left. Monogram of Dürer, upper right.
Credit: Gift of Leo Wallerstein
c. 1509
Woodcut on paper
1951-170-3
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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