Art, literature & history
Study of the Virgin for an Annunciation
1550s
- Dating
- Within this decade
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- brush with brown wash and white heightening over red chalk on laid paper; laid down on an old mount
- Dimensions
- sheet: 16.1 × 12.8 cm (6 5/16 × 5 1/16 in.) mount: 23.3 × 16.9 cm (9 3/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2017.32.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Andrea Schiavone. Study of the Virgin for an Annunciation. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Study of the Virgin for an Annunciation — Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone. 1550s.
Medium: brush with brown wash and white heightening over red chalk on laid paper; laid down on an old mount.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 16.1 × 12.8 cm (6 5/16 × 5 1/16 in.) mount: 23.3 × 16.9 cm (9 3/16 × 6 5/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2017.32.1. Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.