Annunciation, Youth of Christ (series title), Theatrum biblicum (...) (series title), The angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will become pregnant. Maria is sitting at a table on which an open book lies. A bed on the left. The Holy Spirit descends like a dove. Above it the tetragrammaton as a symbol of God the Father, surrounded by cherubim. Below the scene is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Luke. 1:26., print maker: anonymous, after design by: Maerten de Vos, publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), Amsterdam, 1579 and/or 1639, paper, engraving

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