Angel Appearing to the Shepherds, 1634

  • Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669

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)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S933

Signed, in plate, lower right of image: Rembrandt. f.

Watermark, upper left of image: [fragment] Stamp, verso: Scripps 1885 [added in ink to the stamp]

Inscribed, verso: [several notations]

1885, Keppel & Co. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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.