Verkondiging aan de herders, Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1611

Title(s)

Verkondiging aan de herders
Pastoralen (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

7/ 14

Object number

RP-P-BI-2391

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 330
• Roethlisberger 141

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert
• after design by: Abraham Bloemaert
• publisher: Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1611

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 114 mm × width 145 mm

What

• annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds (and/or shepherdesses) at night; a host of singing angels in the air
• dog

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Boekhorst - Brueghel, F.W.H. 1888-1957. Hollstein (Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich), p. 67, cat.nr. 330
• Abraham Bloemaert and his sons, Marcel George, 1929-2020 Roethlisberger, p. 167, 168, cat.nr. 141