The Annunciation (B. 3)

Details

Gian Giacomo Caraglio (circa 1500/05-1565) after Titian (circa 1485-90-1576)
The Annunciation (B. 3)
engraving, circa 1537, on laid paper, watermark Double-headed Eagle under Crown, a fine, strong impression of this rare print, trimmed to the subject, with a horizontal central fold, partially broken through, flattened and reinforced, a soft diagonal crease at right lower sheet, generally in good condition
P., S. 450 x 343 mm.

Provenance

Franz Rechberger (1771-1843), Vienna (L. 2133).
Unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt).

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Lot Essay

The print is based on a lost work by Titian painted in 1536 and acquired by Emperor Charles V as a gift to his wife Isabella in 1537. Charles’s motto, Plus ultra, appears on banderoles at the top of the engraving. It may have been Caraglio’s last prints since he left Italy in 1539 to work for Sigismund I of Poland as a medallist and architect (B. Davis, Mannerist Prints - International Style in the Sixteenth Century, Los Angeles, 1988, p. 73).

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