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Print made by: Antoine Claude François Villerey

1804-1815 (circa)

paper; engraving; etching

British Museum

Annunciation, after Orazio Gentileschi; the archangel kneels on the right, a lily in his left hand, pointing to the skies with the other, while the Virgin stands before him, making a gesture of acceptance; the Holy Spirit enters through a window on the right. c.1804/15 Etching and engraving From 'Galerie du Musée Napoléon', see 1856,0308.625 for comment.After a painting in the Galleria Sabauda, Turin.