The angel appearing to the shepherds, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1634

Title(s)

The angel appearing to the shepherds

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-84

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 125-2(6)
• Bartsch 44-2(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 44-2(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt. f. 1634’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1634

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 263 mm × width 220 mm

What

• annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds (and/or shepherdesses) at night; a host of singing angels in the air

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. I, p. 201, cat.nr. 125
• Rembrandt : the painter at work, Ernst van de Wetering, p. 43, fig. 46
• Rembrandt e i capolavori della grafica europea : nelle collezioni del Castello del Buonconsiglio, Paola Cassinelli Lazzeri, Francesca de Gramatica, p. 126, cat.nr. 27
• Northern nocturnes : nightscapes in the age of Rembrandt, Adriaan E. Waiboer, Michiel Franken, cat.nr. 30
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 44
• Een tekening van Pieter Verbeeck, afb. 1
• Govert Flinck : reflecting history, p. 25, afb. 12