The angel appearing to the shepherds, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Title(s)

The angel appearing to the shepherds

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-84

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 125-2(6)
• Bartsch 44-2(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 44-2(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt. f. 1634’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1634

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 263 mm × width 220 mm

What

• 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

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• Rembrandt, dl. I, p. 201, cat.nr. 125
• Rembrandt: the painter at work, Ernst van de Wetering, p. 43, fig. 46
• Rembrandt e i capolavori della grafica europea, Francesca De Gramatica, p. 126, cat.nr. 27
• Northern nocturnes: nightscapes in the age of Rembrandt, Adriaan E. Waiboer, cat.nr. 30
• Rembrandt van Rijn, Christopher White, cat.nr. 44
• Een tekening van Pieter Verbeeck, Jan, 1922-1995 Verbeek, afb. 1
• Govert Flinck, p. 25, afb. 12