# The Annunciation, in 15th-century Netherlands

Hans Memling painted this in about 1465–70, aged about 35. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1465–70
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Dimensions: 73 1/4 x 45 1/4 in. (186.1 x 114.9 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17.190.7
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Hans Memling](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/hans-memling), Netherlandish, c. 1430–1494

Memling, born in Germany, probably trained in Brussels with Rogier van der Weyden before settling in Bruges in 1465, where he became the city’s leading painter.

4 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Hans Memling](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/hans-memling?hang=749) (4 works)
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- [The 15th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/15?hang=749) (110 works)

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