Annunciation to the Shepherds

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Artist: Jean Jacques Lagrenée (French, Paris 1739–1821 Paris)
Date: 1775
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, on blue-washed paper
Dimensions: 15 13/16 x 21 13/16 in. (40.2 x 55.4 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1983
Accession no.: 1983.302

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.