The Annunciation

NICOLAS BEATRIZET (1507/15-1573) AFTER MARCELLO VENUSTI (CIRCA 1512-1579) AFTER MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (1475-1564) The Annunciation engraving, circa 1550-1560, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys (Woodward 95-96, Venice, 1566), a very good impression of the second state (of three), with the Virgin's halo shaded, but before Lafrery's address Plate & Sheet 307 x 431 mm.