About the Artwork
Angel Appearing to the Shepherds
1634
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
1606-1669
Dutch
Unknown
Etching, engraving, and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate (and sheet): 10 1/4 × 8 5/8 inches (26 × 21.9 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S933
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in plate, lower right of image: Rembrandt. f.
Inscribed, verso: [several notations]
Watermark, upper left of image: [fragment] Stamp, verso: Scripps 1885 [added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
1885, Keppel & Co. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Angel Appearing to the Shepherds, 1634, etching, engraving, and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S933.
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