The Adoration of the Shepherds: A Night Piece

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Title: The Adoration of the Shepherds: A Night Piece
Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn
Date Created: 1657
Print State: Eighth of eight states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1937
Materials & Techniques: Etching, engraving, and drypoint on Japanese paper
Keywords: Bible, herders, New Testament, night, night scenes, religions, religious art, shepherds
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 149 mm x 193 mm (5.87 in. x 7.6 in.). Sheet dimensions: 172 x 212 mm (6.77 x 8.35 in.).
Bibliography: Bartsch 46; Hind 255; Münz 237; Robert Fucci, Rembrandt’s Changing Impressions (New York: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, 2015), cat. no. 16.4, reproduced p. 127, see also p. 123.
Associated People: Created by Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Accession Number: 1937.D1.93

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