Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012
Adoration of the Shepherds
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Platemark: 9.1 x 14 cm (3 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 11 x 16 cm (4 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Etching
Classification: Prints
Accession number: 2012.374
Provenance/Ownership History: Wilhelm Eduard Drugulin (b. 1825 – d. 1879; Lugt 2612), Leipzig. Adalbert von Lanna (b. 1836 – d. 1909; Lugt 2773), Prague; May 11-22, 1909, posthumous Lanna sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, lot 2524, sold for M 285. In an unknown collection, Vienna [see note 1]. Robert Wheaton (d. 2010) and Barbara Wheaton, Concord, MA; 2012, gift of Barbara Wheaton to MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2012) NOTES: [1] A partially legible inscription on the reverse of the print suggests that it comes from a collection in Vienna.
Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton in memory of Robert Bradford Wheaton