Object number1982.22.1

The Adoration of the Shepherds: A Night Piece

Datec. 1652

Artist Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

CultureDutch

MediumEtching, drypoint, and burin in black ink on cream laid paper

DimensionsImage: 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (14.92 x 19.69 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

On View

Not on view

Period17th c

Classification(s)

SignedNot signed or dated

InscribedNot inscribed

Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 46; Hind 255; Münz 237BibliographyPromised Gifts Catalog 77, 49, p. 92, repr. p. 93; Bartsch 46; Hind 255; Münz 237ProvenanceProvenance: Viscount Fitzharris; Sale Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1956

Vassar Exhibitions

Grand Gestures: Celebrating Rembrandt

Exhibition HistoryExhibition: Poughkeepsie, Vassar College Art Gallery, "Promised Gifts '77," April 20-May 22, 1977;

"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.

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