1701A
Adoration of the Shepherds
Adoration of the Shepherds
- Artist
- Lucas Vorsterman I (1595-1675)
- Title
- Adoration of the Shepherds
- Date
- 1620
- Medium
- Engraving [Schneevoogt 15, 23; Wijngaert cat. 712] published by the author. After an oil painting done by Rubens for the Church of the Capuchines in Aix-la-Chapelle, France, ca. 1615. Now at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France. A preparatory drawing retouched by Rubens exists at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.
- Photo Source
- British Museum Website
- Note
- Frederik Bouttats (fl. 1610-1675) copied Vorsterman's engraving in the same direction [Schneevoogt 16, 27; Wijngaert cat. 120]. As did Georg Christian Kilian in a thesis sheet (see Rome 1977, 392).
- Item
- 1701A