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]
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
Department
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Details
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.