The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds, 1634. Etching, burin with touches of drypoint on laid paper, Plate: 10 x 8 1/4 in. (25.4 x 21 cm) Sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 13/16 in. (26.4 x 22.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Putnam, 31.790. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
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Gallery
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Title
The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds
Date
1634
Geography
Place made: Netherlands
Medium
Etching, burin with touches of drypoint on laid paper
Classification
Dimensions
Plate: 10 x 8 1/4 in. (25.4 x 21 cm) Sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 13/16 in. (26.4 x 22.4 cm)
Signatures
Lower right in plate: "Rembrandt. f. 1634"
Markings
Crowned coat of arms of Bale
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Putnam
Accession Number
31.790
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