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The Annunciation to the Virgin
Also titled De verkondiging aan Maria
Adriaen van de Velde (Amsterdam, 1636–1672)
1667
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 6.7 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
An angel has come down from the heaven with the message for Mary that she will give birth to the son of God. She asks for an explanation: how can she be pregnant when she has never been with a man? Van de Velde portrays the moment of initial disbelief with deep psychological insight. He probably painted this picture for a clandestine Catholic church in Amsterdam.
