id:			126679
accession number:	1949.115
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.115
updated:		2025-03-18 11:06:32.930000

The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds, 1634. Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). Etching, with drypoint, engraving and sulfur tint; sheet: 26.3 x 22 cm (10 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.); platemark: 26 x 21.9 cm (10 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Madeleine Hamill in memory of Lawrence Hamill, 1949.115

title:				The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds
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creation date:			1634
creation date earliest:		1634
creation date latest:		1634
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creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. Madeleine Hamill in memory of Lawrence Hamill
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	etching, with drypoint, engraving and sulfur tint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 44 (XVIII.22)

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CREATORS

* Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 26.3 x 22 cm (10 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.); Platemark: 26 x 21.9 cm (10 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.)
state of the work:	iii/iii
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	description:	beige(1) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower right, in plate: Rembrandt. f 1634 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: [J.S.O.?] ; lower center, in pen and brown ink: [illegible, inscription crossed out with pen and darker brown ink] ;  lower right, in graphite: NPW[crossed out] ; lower right, in graphite: 507 ; lower right, in graphite: 33
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		I and Thou
	opening date:   1984-02-21T05:00:00
	<i>I and Thou</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 21-May 27, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Madeleine Hamill; gift, 1949
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Watkins, Catherine Bailey. <em>Rembrandt's 1654 Life of Christ Prints: Experimentation, Tradition, and the Question of Series.</em> 2011.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 179, fig. 14
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