Adoration of the Shepherds, 1618

  • Abraham Bloemaert, Netherlandish, 1564-1651
  • Boetius Adam Bolswert, Dutch, 1580-1633
  • Boetius Adam Bolswert, Dutch, 1580-1633

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 21 3/8 × 15 1/2 inches (54.3 × 39.4 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S164

Inscribed, in plate, lower left of image: A. Bloemaert hanc tabulam pro summo Altari Sylvaeducensium | Dae. Clarae Monialium pinxit. B. ABolsverd Sculp. et excudit. Inscribed, below image: [10 lines of Latin]

December 1894, Huneker Sale. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Boetius Adam Bolswert; after Abraham Bloemaert, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1618, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S164.