The angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will become pregnant. Mary is kneeling by a bed, on which lies an open book. The Holy Spirit descends like a dove. In the background, Joseph is chopping wood. Print is part of a series on the eight beatitudes of Christ and illustrates the beatitude: Blessed are those who are pure in heart. In the lower right corner this text from Mat 5:8 in Latin. At the bottom, in the margin, a verse in Latin about the Beatitude and the representation, Annunciation Blessed are those who are pure in heart The eight Beatitudes , print maker: Harmen Jansz Muller, (mentioned on object), Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), Hadrianus Junius, print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Antwerp, 1564 - 1568, paper, engraving, h 213 mm × w 249 mm.
The angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will become pregnant. Mary is kneeling by a bed, on which lies an open book. The Holy Spirit descends like a dove. In the background, Joseph is chopping wood. Print is part of a series on the eight beatitudes of Christ and illustrates the beatitude: Blessed are those who are pure in heart. In the lower right corner this text from Mat 5:8 in Latin. At the bottom, in the margin, a verse in Latin about the Beatitude and the representation, Annunciation Blessed are those who are pure in heart The eight Beatitudes , print maker: Harmen Jansz Muller, (mentioned on object), Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), Hadrianus Junius, print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Antwerp, 1564 - 1568, paper, engraving, h 213 mm × w 249 mm