Crispijn van de Passe1574

Annunciatie (Maagd Maria)

Mary receives Gabriel's greeting and answers, 'Let it be to me according to your word,' as she is told she will bear the promised child (Luke 1). By the Dutch printmaker Crispijn van de Passe, held in the Rijksmuseum.

Annunciatie (Maagd Maria) by Crispijn van de Passe depicting Luke 1
View full resolutionPublic domain via Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Object number RP-P-OB-2183.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.