The Adoration of the Shepherds

• The Adoration of the Shepherds
• The adoration of the shepherds: with the lamp

RP-P-OB-87

• collector's mark: Lugt 240
• signature: ‘Rembrandt f.’

A few years earlier, Rembrandt depicted the nocturnal setting of the same event very differently: in an open manner, with boldly etched lines and mostly parallel shading. Bathed in the light of an oil lamp, the Virgin proudly pulls back her cloak to show the newborn Jesus to the group of shepherds. They look on with tenderness.

Hollstein Dutch 45-1(2)

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: after design of Rembrandt van Rijn

c. 1654

ets en droge naald, met plaattoon

height 105 mm x width 130 mm

Public domain

• Hollstein Dutch 45-1(2)
• Bartsch 45-1(2)
• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 279-1(3)

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200124811