# The Annunciation

- By: Jan van Eyck (Netherlandish, c. 1390 - 1441)
- Date: c. 1434/1436
- Medium: oil on canvas transferred from panel
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: painted surface: 90.2 x 34.1 cm (35 1/2 x 13 7/16 in.) ; support: 92.7 x 36.7 cm (36 1/2 x 14 7/16 in.) ; framed: 97.31 × 42.23 × 6.99 cm (38 5/16 × 16 5/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Netherlandish
- Credit line: Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/46633bd6-4834-40fb-8ce0-fb975c731dc1/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)