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Annunciatie

The angel Gabriel comes to the young woman Mary at Nazareth to announce that she will conceive and bear a son, and name him Jesus (Luke 1). By the Dutch printmaker Crispijn van de Passe, held in the Rijksmuseum.

Annunciatie by Crispijn van de Passe depicting Luke 1
View full resolutionPublic domain via Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Object number RP-P-1954-498.Source

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Portrait of Crispijn van de Passe

About Crispijn van de Passe

1564-1637 · Dutch

Crispijn van de Passe the Elder was a Dutch engraver and founder of a four-generation dynasty of printmakers; his biblical series — including the Liber Genesis and Life of Christ — circulated across Protestant and Catholic Europe alike.