The Adoration of the Shepherds
after 1644
Artist, French, c. 1600 - 1650
Jean Morin, after Philippe de Champaigne

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 46.5 × 28.8 cm (18 5/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
sheet: 49.1 × 34.6 cm (19 5/16 × 13 5/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2019.4.2
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Catalogue Raisonné
Mazel 2004, no. 12, State ii/ii?
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Jan Johnson, Quebec); purchased 2018 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1967
Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur français, ou Catalogue raisonné des estampes gravées par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'école française. Ouvrage faisant suite au Peintre-graveur de Bartsch.. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris, 1967: no. 18
2004
Mazel, Jean. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé de Jean Morin. Paris, 2004: no. 12, ii/ii?
Inscriptions
in plate below image: Sic Deus dilexit mundum ut filium suum unigenitum daret ut omnis qui / credit in eum non pereat sed habeat vitam aeternam Joan 3; lower left in plate: Ph Champaigne pinx; lower right in plate: J Morin scul. cum priv Regis
Watermarks
bunch of grapes in oval