The Annunciation with Kneeling Angel
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 4 5/8 x 10 3/4 in. (11.8 x 27.3 cm) trimmed within platemark
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.97.344
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the serene elegance of *The Annunciation with Kne Angel*, engraver Enea Vico a timeless biblical moment after a design by the High Renaissance master Raphael (affaello Sanzio da Urbino). Dated around 1540–41, this engraving depicts the angel Gabriel kneeling before the Virgin Mary, announcing the incarnation—a scene central to Christian iconography. Raphael's graceful figures, with their idealized proportions and flowing drapery, embody the harmonious beauty of the High Renaissance, evoking a sense of divine grace and humility. Vico, a skilled Italian printmaker active in the 16th century,...
About the Artist
Enea Vico|Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) · 1523–1567
Enea Vico (1523–1567) was born in Parma and came of age during the final, energetic decades of Italian Renaissance printmaking. By 1541 he had made his way to Rome, where he entered the orbit of the engraver and publisher Tommaso Barlacchi and began his professional career. In Rome, Vico encountered the work of the most celebrated printmakers of the preceding generation—Marcantonio Raimondi, Agost...