The Adoration of the Shepherds, Pieter Codde, 1645

Identification

Title(s)

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-789

Inscriptions / marks

signature, in ligated monogram, on the cradle: ‘PC.’
date, bottom right: ‘1645’

Description

De aanbidding der herders. Links de heilige familie, rechts de herders. Boven een aantal engelen.

Creation

Artist

painter: Pieter Codde (signed by artist)

Dating

1645

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 55.5 cm × width 45 cm
frame: height 71.5 cm × width 62.5 cm
sight size: height 54 cm × width 44.7 cm

Subject

What

adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Nov-1883

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; sale, Madame F.M. Hodgson (†), dowager of P.C. Baron Nahuys et al., Amsterdam (F. Muller et al.), 14 November 1883 _sqq._, no. 29, fl. 61, to the museum;{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 164, no. 227 (28 December 1883, no. 3675); RANH, ARM, Kop, inv. 39, pp. 338-39, no. 1 (3 January 1884).} on loan to the Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder, Amsterdam, since 1 October 1996

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 106-107
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 171
P. Torresan, 'Per una rivalutazione di Pieter Codde', in: Antichità viva XIV (1975), p. 19, 20
P. Brandt Jr., 'Notities over het leven en werk van den Amsterdamschen Schilder Pieter Codde', in: Historia XII (1947), p. 33, afb. 8
F. Benoît, 'Un petit maître Hollandais: Pieter Jacobsz. Codde', in: Reveu de l'Art Ancien et Moderne XXXV (1914), p. 16

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8150

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