The Annunciation, Albert Bouts (Netherlandish, 1451/55–1549)

The AnnunciationLuke 1:26-38

10 hands · 1177–1887

And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of…Luke 1:26

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What it depicts

Luke 1:26-38Opened by a notation lookup, not by an editor. Iconclass 73A5 glosses this subject as “the announcement of Christ's birth (Luke 1:26-38)”, and this library reads the Douay-Rheims, where the passage stands at Luke 1:26-38. Named the Annunciation by Abe Garcia, 2026-09-07. The gloss above is accurate and nobody searches for it; the picture tradition has one name for this subject and that is the name the page carries.

26And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth,

27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

28And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

29Who having heard, was troubled at his saying, and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be.

30And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God.

31Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father; and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever.

33And of his kingdom there shall be no end.

34And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?

35And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

36And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren:

37Because no word shall be impossible with God.

38And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

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Subject
The AnnunciationLuke 1:26-38joined by editor pass delegated by Abe Garcia, 2026-09-18
Iconclass
73A521
Wikidata depicts
Mary, Gabriel, Annunciation, building interior

Means

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Rights

Credit
Bequest of John L. Severance
Licence
CC0-1.0
Evidence
openaccess-api.clevelandart.org: share_license_status=CC0 on artwork 122338 (read 2026-09-16)
Record
https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.635
The Annunciation, Albert Bouts (Netherlandish, 1451/55–1549)
The Annunciation — Albert Bouts (Netherlandish, 1451/55–1549)c. 1480

How this join was made

Cleveland Museum of Art gives this object the Iconclass notation73A521, and the library's map reads that notation as Luke 1:26-38. An editor has checked the picture against the passage and confirmed it.

Confirmed: the object's own title names the scene and the matched notation or heading is specific to it.

Within fifty years of c. 1480

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