The Adoration of the Shepherds, Pieter Bout (attributed to), c. 1680

Identification

Title(s)

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-2224

Inscriptions / marks

signature, indecipherable text, bottom right
inscription, indistinct, top right, on the banderol held by the angel above

Description

De aanbidding der herders. De herders hebben zich rond de verlichte kribbe verzameld. Maria tilt het laken op waarop het Christuskind ligt. Boven de stal zien engelen neer uit de hemel. Pendant van SK-A-2223.

Creation

Artist

painter: Pieter Bout (attributed to)

Dating

c. 1680

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 35.5 cm × width 25.8 cm
outer size: depth 7 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present (+ angel(s) floating in the air)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Apr-1906

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection A.Th.V.A. Deckers, Amsterdam; from whom, with SK-A-2223, fl. 350, to the museum, 1906; on loan to the Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder, Amsterdam, 1956-2018

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 139

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6208

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