Object number1941.1.85
The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds
Date1634
Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn
(Dutch, 1606-1669)
CultureDutch
MediumEtching, engraving, and drypoint, with burnishing, on cream laid paper
DimensionsImage: 10 7/16 x 8 11/16 in. (26.51 x 22.07 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg and her children
On View
Not on viewPeriod17th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned: Rembrandt.f (from stat ii onward)
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch/Hollstein 44; Gersaint 43; Hind 120; Münz 199; Middleton 191; Biorklund/Barnard 34-JBibliographyLimouze, 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.
Bartsch/Hollstein 44; Gersaint 43; Middleton 191; Hind 120; Münz 199; Biörklund/Barnard 34-J; Limouze 47ProvenanceCollections: Felix M. and Frieda Warburg, New YorkVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition History"Master Printmakers: Rembrandt and His Contemporaries," Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 9 April 1992 - 19 July 1992.Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Grand Gestures: Celebrating Rembrandt", April 7-June 11, 2006
Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Mastering Light: From the Natural to the Artificial," April 11 - June 29, 2014.
Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "A Museum Menagerie: Highlights from the Permanent Collection," April 25 - August 13, 2017
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