Object number1941.1.86

The Adoration of the Shepherds (with the Lamp)

Datec. 1654

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

CultureDutch

MediumEtching with burin and surface tone on cream laid paper; posthumous impression

DimensionsImage: 4 5/16 x 5 1/8 in. (11.01 x 13.02 cm)
Sheet: 5 x 6 5/16 in. (12.7 x 16.03 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg and her children

On View

Not on view

Period17th c

Classification(s)

SignedSigned: Rembrandt. F. (posthumous impression)

Catalogue raisonnéBartsch/Hollstein 45; Gersaint 44; Hind 273; Münz 266; Middleton 238; Biorklund/Barnard 54-1BibliographyLimouze, Dorothy and Susan Kuretsky. The Felix M. Warburg Print Collection: A Legacy of Discernment. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 1995.Promised Gifts '77 (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1977) p 93 repr. Bartsch/Hollstein 45; Gersaint 44; Middleton 238; Hind 273; Münz 266; Biörklund/Barnard 54-1; Limouze 48ProvenanceCollections: Dr. Franz Pokorny (mid-nineteenth century, Lugt 2036); Felix M. and Frieda Warburg, New York

Vassar Exhibitions

Mastering Light: From the Natural to the Artificial

Exhibition History"Master Printmakers: Rembrandt and His Contemporaries," Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 9 April 1992 - 19 July 1992.

Poughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Promised Gifts '77," April 20 - May 22, 1977.

Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Mastering Light: From the Natural to the Artificial," April 11 - June 29, 2014.

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