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The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

1634

Rembrandt van Rijn

(Dutch, 1606-1669)

Netherlands, 17th century

Etching, with drypoint, engraving and sulfur tint

Support: Beige(1) laid paper

Sheet: 26.3 x 22 cm (10 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.); Platemark: 26 x 21.9 cm (10 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Madeleine Hamill in memory of Lawrence Hamill 1949.115

Catalogue raisonneĢ: Hollstein 44 (XVIII.22)

State: iii/iii

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

lower right, in plate: Rembrandt. f 1634 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: [J.S.O.?] ; lower center, in pen and brown ink: [illegible, inscription crossed out with pen and darker brown ink] ; lower right, in graphite: NPW[crossed out] ; lower right, in graphite: 507 ; lower right, in graphite: 33

Provenance
Mrs. Madeleine Hamill; gift, 1949
Citations
Watkins, Catherine Bailey. Rembrandt's 1654 Life of Christ Prints: Experimentation, Tradition, and the Question of Series. 2011. Reproduced: P. 179, fig. 14
Exhibition history

I and Thou. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 21-May 27, 1984).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1949.115