Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds
1634
Etching, engraving and drypoint on paper.
sheet: 262 x 221 mm; plate mark: 260 x 219 mm
RvR 65
NHD number
NHD 125, III
Notes
Luke 2:8-14.
Trunk of tree completely shaded. Shading added to the figure of the second man from the left, the ground around him, to the two distant cows on his right, and to the wings of the angel. (White and Boon)
Trunk of tree completely shaded. Shading added to the figure of the second man from the left, the ground around him, to the two distant cows on his right, and to the wings of the angel. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated lower right, "Rembrandt. f 1634" (in state II).
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by brown, over letters "4" and "WR", (Strasbourg lily), fragment.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by brown, over letters "4" and "WR", (Strasbourg lily), fragment.
Provenance
Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859), London and Packington Hall, Warwickshire; John Heywood Hawkins (1803-1877), London and Bignor Park; Berlin Museum; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Associated names
Aylesford, Heneage Finch, Earl of, 1786-1859, former owner.
Hawkins, John Heywood, 1803-1877, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Hawkins, John Heywood, 1803-1877, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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