The Annunciation - Amand-Durand Heliogravure after Lucas van Leyden
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Original heliogravure by Charles Amand-Durand reproducing The Annunciation engraved by Lucas van Leyden: the angel kneeling before the Virgin in a Flemish interior, with the lily at the center of the scene. Lettered below, "Heliog.re et imp. A. Durand - Paris". Mounted on its period card.
Original heliogravure by Charles Amand-Durand reproducing The Annunciation engraved by Lucas van Leyden: the angel kneeling before the Virgin in a Flemish interior, with the lily at the center of the scene. Lettered below, "Heliog.re et imp. A. Durand - Paris". Mounted on its period card.
Amand-Durand (1831-1905) was the most highly regarded publisher of intaglio facsimiles of the 19th century: he bit the copper and printed it by hand on damp paper, like an ordinary etching, which preserves the full tonal gradation of the original burin work.
Medium: Heliogravure on paper.
Artist / after: After Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533).
Engraver / publisher: Charles Amand-Durand (1831-1905), Paris.
Date: about 1870.
Dimensions: 9.6 x 13.6 in (24.5 x 34.5 cm).
Condition: The impression is clean and well printed. The mounting card has foxing along the right and lower edges, visible in the photographs, and a pencil note below.
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Original heliogravure by Charles Amand-Durand reproducing The Annunciation engraved by Lucas van Leyden: the angel kneeling before the Virgin in a Flemish interior, with the lily at the center of the scene. Lettered below, "Heliog.re et imp. A. Durand - Paris". Mounted on its period card.