The Adoration of the Shepherds

The Adoration of the Shepherds by Samuel van Hoogstraten

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk

Dimensions

Overall: 2 7/8 x 4 3/16 in. (7.3 x 10.7 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Given in memory of Felix M. Warburg by his wife and children, 1941

Accession Number

41.21.2

Tags

AnimalsMenWomenAdoration of the Shepherds

About the Artist

Samuel van Hoogstraten · 16271678

Studied under his father, Dirck, and under Rembrandt. Was noted as an artist to the emperor in Vienna and as the head of an academy in Dordrecht. Comment on works: History; Portraits; Genre; Landscapes; Still life; Mythology; Religious

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