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Rembrandt van Rijn - [Adoration of the shepherds: night piece]
Summary
Print shows a group of shepherds, one at center holding a lantern and removing his hat, stand to the left with Mary, Jesus, and Joseph at the edge of the shadows on the right.
Title from shelflist card.
Trimmed to within plate mark.
Ex. Coll.: Mary J. Morgan (Lugt 1879); Charles L. Freer.
Bartsch, 46
Bjorklund, 52-1 (7th state)
Forms part of: Fine print filing series (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: "Rembrandt's Changing Impressions" at The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., September - December 2015.
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Date
01/01/1652
Contributors
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669, artist.
Source
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
