Annunciation to the Shepherds
1599
Publisher, Dutch, active 1589 - 1609
Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1607
Jan Pietersz Saenredam, after Abraham Bloemaert
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 55.7 x 40.1 cm (21 15/16 x 15 13/16 in.) (trimmed within plate mark)
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Accession Number
2012.92.595
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 24, State i/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Pierre Mariette [1634-1716], Paris (Lugt 1788). Nicola Francesco Haym (Lugt 1972) or N. Hillier (Lugt 1974). George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer [1758-1834], Althorp (Lugt 2341a). (Etablissement pour la Diffusion et la Connaissance des Oeuvres d'Art, Monte Carlo (Artemis Fine Arts, Ltd., London)); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased January 11, 1985; Gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2013
Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection, NGA, 2013 - 2014.
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 24, i/ii
Inscriptions
below image: Dum vigiles ovium pastores cura teneret, / Angelicas cernunt caeli per inania turmas / Laudibus ob genitum caeles tem extollere Patrem. / Salvatorem orbis, talique applandere cantu: / Summa Deo in superis reddatur gloria: terras / Pax hominesque beet, quibus est syncera voluntas. / Abrahamus Bloemaert Inven. I. Saenredam sculp. / Iac. Razet divulgavit et strenuo humanijsimoque viro D. Petro Mathiae Reipubl. Amsterredam. Scabino meritijsimo amicitiae ergo D. D. ipso Natali Di. Ao. 1599 / SHS; stamped on verso: 248
Watermarks
watermark in the center of the top section, obscured by image
Wikidata ID
Q76557282