Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) Annunciation (Jean Cocteau as Archangel Gabriel and Edith de Beaumont as Virgin Mary). Villa Croisset. Grasse, January 1918. Vintage silver print. Image: 7,5x9,8cm Sheet: 9x11,3cm Bibliography: Pierre Chanel, Album Cocteau, Paris, Henri Veyrier-Tchou, 1979, p. 40 (variant) . We learn from Jean Cocteau's correspondence that he sent this image to André Gide in 1918, which he described as a "miracle photo". Director of this composition, Jean Cocteau is considered to be its author.