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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2048
People
Attributed to Jan Saenredam, Dutch (Zaandam 1565 - 1607 Assendelft)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Adoration of the Shepherds
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1595
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244198

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 14 × 26.8 cm (5 1/2 × 10 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design toward left: HG[monogram]. Inuent.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Patores nati Visunt cunabula Christi, Et rerum Dominum magno Venerantur honore. / C. Schoneus
  • watermark: Strasbourg Bend?
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2048

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 421, Hollstein 478, Bartsch 1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2048
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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