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      MARCO DENTE DA RAVENNA (1486-1527)

      The Annunciation

      c.1520-1527

      Engraving | 29.3 x 26.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850309

      A worn later impression of an engraving by Marco Dente da Ravenna depicting the Annunciation that Ruland (1876) catalogued as being after a lost original executed by Raphael for the Grassi family in Bologna (c.1510-11). On watermarked paper. This print is inscribed with publication details. Not in Ruland (1876). For the earlier impression by Marco Dente da Ravenna, see RCIN 850308.

      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 (1486-1527) (engraver)

        After? Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

        Salamanca, Antonio : (publisher)

      • watermark: Not identifiable image in a circle [verso, bottom centre]

      • 29.3 x 26.3 cm (sheet of paper)

      • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (after 1876) 

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

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

        Other number(s)

        Ruland p.26 A.V.2a(add)

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