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Reproduction
Object number
31
Record type
single object
Catalog (number)
Bartsch: B45-1(2)
New Hollstein Dutch: NHD-2(3)
Object name
print
Title
The Adoration of the Shepherds: with the Lamp
Creator
Rembrandt
Production date
ca 1654
Technique
etching
Material
support: paper
medium: ink
Dimensions
Inscription
signature - b.c.
Rembrandt f.
Accompanying text
After the announcement of the birth of the Messiah the shepherds went to Bethlehem, where they found Joseph and the Virgin and the newborn child in the crib (Luke 2: 15-16). This print probably belongs to a series about the youth of Christ.
Acquisition
Acquired from Jan Veth, 1915.