Annunciation, c. 1610-1615, Hans (or Johann) Rottenhammer I, German, 1564-1625, 9 1/4 x 7 in. (23.5 x 17.78 cm)14 1/2 x 12 1/8 in. (36.83 x 30.8 cm) (outer frame), Oil on copper, Germany, 17th century, Rottenhammer was born in Munich. By 1591 he had made his way to Rome, where he became quite successful at painting devotional and allegorical images on copper, often in collaboration with the Flemish landscape painters Jan Breughel I (1568-1625) and Paul Bril (1554-1626). In 1596 he settled in Venice for a decade, and by 1606, he was permanently residing in Augsburg.