Federico Barocci

(Italy circa 1535–1612)

Title

The Annunciation

Year

circa 1584

Media category

Materials used

etching

Dimensions

43.3 x 30.7m platemark/sheet

Signature & date

Not signed. Not dated.

Credit

Purchased 1938

Accession number

6716

Location

Not on display

Further information

Throughout his long career as a painter at Urbino, Barocci only made four prints. This is his last print and it has long been admired for its technical mastery and the beautiful restraint of its design. The composition is that of the altarpiece painted by Barrocci in 1584 for the ducal chapel in the basilica at Loreto, commissioned by Duke Francesco Maria II. The Ducal Palace of Urbino is seen through the open window.

Bibliography (4)

Richard Beresford, Look Jun 1998, 'Mantegna to Piranesi Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection', pg. 14-15, Domain, Jun 1998, 15.

Nicholas Draffin, Piety and Paganism 1991, Sydney, 1991, 6. no catalogue numbers

Nicholas Draffin (Curator), The bitten image: European etchings from the collection 1980, Domain, 1980, 3. no catalogue numbers

Peter Raissis, Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1998, Domain, 1998, 4 (illus.), 8. no catalogue numbers

Exhibition history (4)

The Bitten Image: European etchings from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Jul 1980–14 Sep 1980

Piety and Paganism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Jul 1991–29 Sep 1991

Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Jun 1998–20 Sep 1998

Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006