The Adoration of the Shepherds

c.1638

Ignatius Cornelis Marinus after Jacob Jordaens

Associated Names
Ignatius Cornelis Marinus

Artist, Flemish, 1599 - 1639

Jacob Jordaens

Artist After, Flemish, 1593 - 1678

The image features a group of individuals gathered closely together in a room with rough stone walls. In the center, a woman seated and turned slightly to the side holds a child on her lap. The woman has pulled back hair and wears draped garments. The child is also dressed in similar fabric. Other figures in the room include an older bearded man, an older woman with a headscarf, and individuals kneeling or leaning inwards. The room is simple, with a ladder and a large basket as additional elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Accession Number

    1976.20.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 1, State ii/v


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Wikidata ID

Q65570722

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