Rembrandt

The Annunciation to the Shepherds



Rembrandt - The Annunciation to the Shepherds



Rembrandt
The Annunciation to the Shepherds
c. 1656-57
188 x 280 mm
Pen and bistre, wash, rubbed with the finger, on greyish paper
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Rijksprentenkabinet
C. Hofstede de Groot Bequest


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Benesch 1023
Schatborn D139

Collection catalogues
Peter Schatborn, Tekeningen van / Drawings by Rembrandt in het / in the Rijksmuseum, 's-Gravenhage, 1985, nr. 44


Iconclass

73B14 Annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds (and/or shepherdesses) at night; a host of singing angels in the air

External links

Rijksmuseum Accession number RP-T-1930-21

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