The Adoration of the Shepherds, Maerten de Vos (copy after), 1580 - 1699

Identification

Title(s)

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4186

Description

De aanbidding der herders. Herders en engelen verzameld rond de heilige familie met het kind in de kribbe. Kopie naar een gravure van Jan Baptist Collaert I naar Maerten de Vos.

Creation

Artist

painter: Maerten de Vos (copy after)
painter: anonymous (rejected attribution)

Place

Southern Netherlands

Dating

1580 - 1699

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

height 47.5 cm × width 63.3 cm × thickness 1.3 cm
depth 6 cm

Subject

What

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

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

unknown 1970

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; first recorded in the museum in 1970

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Documentation

All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, p. 91

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6624

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