Adoration of the Shepherds

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Pierre François Basan

Title

Adoration of the Shepherds

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1743–1797

Medium

Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper with an ivory laid paper collar, decoated with ruled pen and black ink lines on strips of ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Printed lower left, below image: "P P Rubens inv."; lower right: "F. Basan excudit"

Dimensions

Image: 28.2 × 20 cm (11 1/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Primary support, trimmed within platemark: 29.5 × 21.3 cm (11 5/8 × 8 7/16 in.); Secondary support: 40.6 × 30.4 cm (16 × 12 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Anne-Marie Logan

Reference Number

2015.395

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