The Adoration of the Shepherds, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1654

Title(s)

The Adoration of the Shepherds
The adoration of the shepherds: with the lamp

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-87

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 279-1(3)
• Bartsch 45-1(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 45-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

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

Artist

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

Dating

c. 1654

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint / intaglio printmaking technique

Measurements

height 105 mm × width 130 mm

What

• adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Late Rembrandt, Jonathan Bikker, Gregor J.M. Weber, Marjorie Elizabeth Wieseman, Marijn Schapelhouman, Anna Krekeler, Christopher White, p. 186; p. 297, cat.nr. 84
• Late Rembrandt, Jonathan Bikker, Gregor J.M. Weber, Marjorie Elizabeth Wieseman, Marijn Schapelhouman, Anna Krekeler, Christopher White, p. 186; 298, cat.nr. 84
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 231, cat.nr. 279
• Rembrandt's faith : church and temple in the Dutch golden age, p. 174-175
• Rembrandt etchings from the Frits Lugt collection, Erik Hinterding, Frits Lugt, p. 102-103, cat.nr. 32
• Rembrandt's journey : painter, draftsman, etcher, p. 241, cat.nr. 161
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 45