The Annunciation, plate from Giulio Aleni's "Tianzhu jiangsheng zhuxiang jingjie" (An Illustrated History of the Lord of Heaven Who Became Incarnate in the Flesh), Jinjiang Church, Fujian Province, China
Artist: Unknown Chinese; Publisher: Giulio Aleni
L border is scene of crucifixion of Christ; ULC is God the Father preaching to seven winged angels; middle L side is tower where top is a figure pointing towards LRC, where pregnant woman is standing reading the prophesy of Islam from a podium; on chair on opposite side of podium has basket of wool; angel holding a lily walks toward woman; two rays on her; appears as if standing inside architectural structure; R border is building; URC is cloud with man kneeling and one blessing by raising his R hand; eight Chinese characters by scene and figures
- Date
- 1637
- In our collection
- since May the 25th, 2012 up to now
- Dimensions
- 6 5/8 x 5 7/16 in. (16.83 x 13.81 cm) (image)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Woodblock print
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- Composition
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copper 36% zinc 1% iron 52% oxygen 6% cadmium 5%