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Annunciatie (engel Gabriël)

Sent from God, the angel Gabriel appears to deliver the news that Mary will bear the Son of the Most High (Luke 1). By the Dutch printmaker Crispijn van de Passe, held in the Rijksmuseum.

Annunciatie (engel Gabriël) by Crispijn van de Passe depicting Luke 1
View full resolutionPublic domain via Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Object number RP-P-1889-A-14452.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.