Rembrandt

The Annunciation to the Shepherds



Rembrandt - The Annunciation to the Shepherds



Rembrandt
The Annunciation to the Shepherds
c. 1655-56
219 x 180 mm
Pen and bistre
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
C. Hofstede de Groot Bequest


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Benesch 999
Schatborn D108

Collection catalogues
Peter Schatborn, Tekeningen van / Drawings by Rembrandt in het / in the Rijksmuseum, 's-Gravenhage, 1985, nr. 38


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-1930-20

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