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The Annunciation by Jan van Eyck, c. 1434–1436, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Annunciation

The Annunciation

Jan van Eyck (Early Netherlandish, c. 1390–1441)

c. 1434–1436 · oil on canvas transferred from panel · National Gallery of Art, Washington

For the Annunciation · 25 March

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image 3.8×10 in on a 8×10 in sheet

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About this painting

Gabriel comes in smiling, crowned, in brocade, his wings speckled like a peacock's. Our Lady lifts both hands from her book. Down the gold rays from a high window the Holy Spirit descends toward her as a small white Dove. The National Gallery of Art counts those rays as seven, for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. It notes that Gabriel's sceptre is rock crystal, which medieval lapidaries called petrified water, and likens that change from liquid to stone to Christ's life, death and Resurrection. The angel's greeting is written in gold between them rather than spoken, and her reply is painted upside down, legible only from above: addressed, the Gallery reads, to God rather than to us. Jan van Eyck gives the Dove the whole height of the church to travel.

Sources: NGA, 'Stories and Symbols in Jan van Eyck's The Annunciation' · NGA object page and 'Stories and Symbols' essay

And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

Luke 1:28 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)

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The Record
Date c. 1434–1436
Collection National Gallery of Art, Washington
Subject Annunciation
Season Advent
Master 40,461 px
License PD/CC0
Attribution National Gallery of Art, Washington · 1937.1.39

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Jan van Eyck
Date c. 1434/1436
Medium oil on canvas transferred from panel
Dimensions painted surface: 90.2 x 34.1 cm (35 1/2 x 13 7/16 in.); support: 92.7 x 36.7 cm (36 1/2 x 14 7/16 in.)
Holding National Gallery of Art, Washington · 1937.1.39

Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.

The file this print is made from

Source Annunciation - Jan van Eyck - 1434 - NG Wash DC.jpg
Master 40,461 px on the long edge
Rights PD/CC0 — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistJan van Eyck (Early Netherlandish, c. 1390–1441)
Datec. 1434–1436
MuseumNational Gallery of Art, Washington
Accession1937.1.39
Mediumoil on canvas transferred from panel
Dimensionspainted surface: 90.2 x 34.1 cm (35 1/2 x 13 7/16 in.); support: 92.7 x 36.7 cm (36 1/2 x 14 7/16 in.)
Sheet sizes8×10 in, 11×14 in, 16×20 in, 18×24 in, 24×36 in, 32×48 in, 40×60 in
Provenance of the file
Held byNational Gallery of Art, Washington · 1937.1.39 the museum’s record
Source filethe National Gallery of Art’s own open-access file (IIIF)
LicencePublic domain
Master15,339 × 40,461 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from the National Gallery of Art’s own open-access file (IIIF) on 25 August 2026; cut to the painted field; held as our print master.

The sheets

8×10 in sheet 8×10 in · image 3.8×10 in · archival margin · 4046 dpi
11×14 in sheet 11×14 in · image 5.3×14 in · archival margin · 2890 dpi
16×20 in sheet 16×20 in · image 7.6×20 in · archival margin · 2023 dpi
18×24 in sheet 18×24 in · image 9.1×24 in · archival margin · 1686 dpi
24×36 in sheet 24×36 in · image 13.6×36 in · archival margin · 1124 dpi
32×48 in sheet 32×48 in · image 18.2×48 in · archival margin · 843 dpi
40×60 in sheet 40×60 in · image 22.7×60 in · archival margin · 674 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 40,461 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.