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Object Type
print
Museum number
1886,0216.53
Title
Object:
L'Annonciation de la Nativité
Description
The angels appearing to the shepherds: landscape with, in the foreground, three shepherds awaken by the apparition of an angel pointing at a column of light shining in the distance; more angels appearing in top left corner; shepherd with arms raised in the background. 1882/86 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Maximilien Honoré François Rapine
After:
Luis Ricardo Falero
Published by:
Jules Hautecoeur
Printed by:
Ch[arles?] Chardon
School/style
French
Production date
1885
(c.)
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Printed in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
775 millimetres
Width:
496 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After a painting executed in 1882.
Bibliographic references
Beraldi 1885-92 / Les Graveurs du dix-neuvième siècle
(vol. XI p.174)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
angels appearing to shepherds
Acquisition name
From:
Anonymous
Acquisition date
1886
Acquisition notes
Acquired under the Copyright Act
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1886,0216.53