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Object Type
Museum number: W,9.113
Title: Series: Cabinet Reynst; Series: Variarum imaginum a celeberrimis artificibus pictarum Caelaturae
Description: The annunciation to the shepherds (or The Departure of Abraham for Sichem?) with an angel appearing in the sky; in the foreground of the landscape there are four figures surrounded by their animals, including sheep, goats and a cow; a boy sleeps against the broken trunk of a tree at right and in the centre a woman kneels before a bucket of water; blank margin; proof before lettering; after Jacopo Bassano Engraving and etching
Producer name: Print made by: Cornelis Visscher; After: Jacopo Bassano
School/style: Dutch; Italian
Production date: 1655-1658
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching
Dimensions: Height: 315 millimetres; Width: 380 millimetres
Curator's comments: From 'Cabinet Reynst', see 1866,0407.738 for comment on series. Pair to Visscher's 'Abraham leaving the country of Haran' (Hollstein 1). For another impression of this plate see also 1839,0413.157. The painting by Bassano is lost.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (2); Logan 1975 / The 'Cabinet' of the Brothers Gerard and Jan Reynst (3)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: angels appearing to shepherds; old testament (?)
Associated names: Representation of: Abraham (?); Associated with: Gerard Reynst
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1799
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: W,9.113

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