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The Annunciation to the Virgin
An angel has come down from the heaven with the message for Mary that she will give birth to the son of God. She asks for an explanation: how can she be pregnant when she has never been with a man? Van de Velde portrays the moment of initial disbelief with deep psychological insight. He probably painted this picture for a clandestine Catholic church in Amsterdam.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- 1660 - 1680
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1667
- 1667
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.7925
- SK-A-2688
Extent
- height 128 cm
- width 176 cm
- depth 6.7 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1667
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:14:49.752Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:39.509Z