Annunciation to the Shepherds

Gerrit Pietersz Sweelinck

Artist, Dutch, 1566 - before 1612

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with white

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 36.4 x 26.3 cm (14 5/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
    support: 39 x 28.9 cm (15 3/8 x 11 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.3.62


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, Paris [1680 - 1765] (Lugt 2951); (his sale, Paris, 18 - 28 January 1779, part of lots 275, 277, or 505, as Abraham Bloemaert). Julius Held; purchased 1984 by National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1996

  • Labbé, Jacqueline, and Lise Bicart-Sée. La collection de dessins d'Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville. Paris, 1996: no. 2030.

Inscriptions

in unknown hand, across bottom: F. Bloemaert[...?]; lower left:2030; upper center verso: Coll. Crozat / no.2030; center verso: bloem aert / 589;Jan ... Pict[ersz.?];Frederick ... A.B

Markings

BS: Francois Renaud (Lugt 1042)

Wikidata ID

Q64572011


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