Hendrick Goltzius
The Adoration of the Shepherds
1593
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Hendrick Goltzius
The Adoration of the Shepherds
1593
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Mount: 479 x 368 mm. (18 7/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 475 x 354 mm. (18 11/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12047
One from a series of six prints "The Birth and Early Life of Christ" (1593-94), also known as the "Meisterstiche," or "Life of the Virgin" in the manner of various artists (see notes for additional details); the complete series is in the Garrett Collection (1946.112.12045 - 1946.112.12050).
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate "HG. / Ao 1594"; in image, lower left, in plate "3"; below image, lower margin, in plate four lines of text in Latin, in two columns, beginning "Coeli opifex, rerum [...]"; below image, lower right, in plate "F. Estius." Verso of mount: lower left in graphite diamond with "9099 / 3"
Markings: CM: Claghorn (on verso of mount)
