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One of a series of 60 etchings depicting the life of Christ, executed by Gabriel Huquier after drawings by Claude Gillot, and issued with title plate: La vie de N.S. Jesus C (Paris : Chez Huquier, between 1720 and 1732).
"The original drawings [for the Vie de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ] were executed in 1720 and the series was engraved between that date and 1732 (when the set is mentioned by Mariette in his Notes Manuscrites)."--British Museum online catalog.
Forms part of a collection of 586 etchings and engravings by and after Claude Gillot, mounted into a bound album by a former owner, with letterpress title page reading "Oeuvres de Gillot." (see PML 198162).
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Scene of the Annunciation, with the Virgin kneeling at left and the angel at right.