Geboorte van Christus, Pieter Tanjé, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1760 - 1761

Title(s)

Geboorte van Christus
La Nativité / De geboorte (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-65.149

Catalogue reference

• Wurzbach 71

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Maria en Jozef zitten bij de pasgeboren Christus. Rechtsachter de verkondiging aan de herders.

Artist

• print maker: Pieter Tanjé (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Abraham Bloemaert (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Pierre Fouquet (mentioned on object)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1760 - 1761

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 347 mm × width 263 mm

What

• Mary, Joseph and the new-born Christ (Nativity)
• annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds (and/or shepherdesses) at night; a host of singing angels in the air

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon : auf Grund archivalischer Forschungen bearbeitet : mit mehr als 3000 Monogrammen, dl. 2, p. 689, cat.nr. 71