About the Artwork
Adoration of the Shepherds
1516
Ludwig Krug
1490-1532
German
Unknown
Engraving and etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 6 1/2 × 5 1/8 inches (16.5 × 13 cm) Sheet: 7 1/4 × 5 3/4 inches (18.4 × 14.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S664
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, center right: 1516 | [artist's monogram]
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Stamped, verso: Scripps 1889 (Lugt 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
June 1889, G. Claus (Dresden, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Ludwig Krug, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1516, engraving and etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S664.
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