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Rembrandt van Rijn

The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

1634

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Rembrandt van Rijn

The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

1634

Physical Qualities Etching, engraving, and drypoint, Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 261 × 219 mm. (10 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Alfred R. and Henry G. Riggs in Memory of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number 1943.32.210
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Rembrandt: The Museum's Collection," 15 January - 21 April, 1991.

BMA, "The Age of Rembrandt: Distinguished Prints from the Collection," 12 February - 13 April 1997.

Andaleeb Banta and Joanna Karlgaard, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “The Rembrandt Effect,” December 12, 2021 - April 10, 2022.

Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower right, in plate "Rembrandt. f. 1634"

Markings: CM: Lawrason Riggs (Lugt 1756c) WM: unidentified (initials LB?)

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