The Annunciation
Federico Barocci (Urbino c.1533 - Urbino 1612)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1584 - 1588
Materials
Etching (second state) on paper
Measurements
585 x 440 mm (23 x 17 1/3 in)
Place of origin
Urbino
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252907
Summary
Print, etching (second state) on paper, The Annunciation by Federico Barocci (Urbino 1535 – Urbino 1612). With etched inscription bottom right 'Federicus Baroccius Urbin invenit et sculpsit'. After Barocci's 1582/4 painting comissioned by the Duke of Urbino for the ducal chapel in the basilica at Loreto (an important pilgrimage site in Europe) and now in the Vatican. It shows a highly individual Madonna with the elegant manners for which the Urbino court was famous. The palace of Urbino is visible through the window, drenched in sunlight. A cat sleeps in the forground on the left. An engraving by Philippe Thomassin, dated 1588, copies the Barocci print in reverse.
Marks and inscriptions
Ferdericus Barocius Vrb inuentor excudit.
Makers and roles
Federico Barocci (Urbino c.1533 - Urbino 1612), engraver (printmaker) Federico Barocci (Urbino c.1533 - Urbino 1612), artist
References
Bartsch 1803-1821 Adam Bartsch, Le Peintre-Graveur, 21 vols, Vienna, 1803-1821, XVII.2.1