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The Adoration of the Shepherds

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
about 1652

Medium/Technique Etching, drypoint and engraving
Dimensions Platemark: 14.9 x 19.6 cm (5 7/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 15.35 x 20.1 cm (6 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP428
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 046 iv; Hind 255 v
Inscriptionson verso: in black pen ink "F. Rechberger"; red chalk marks in top left corner; graphite inscriptions in bottom right and bottom left corners
ProvenanceFranz Rechberger, dated 1799 (1771-1841, Vienna, curator of the cabinet of Count Moriz von Fries and of the Albertina, Lugt 2133); Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, 1897.