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-85

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 125-3(6)
• Bartsch 44-3(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 44-3(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 260 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

• Gedrukt tot Amsterdam : Amsterdamse prentmakers en -uitgevers in de gouden eeuw, p. 164-200, afb. 9
• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. I, p. 201, cat.nr. 125
• 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