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The Annunciation to the Shepherds
Also titled De verkondiging aan de herders
David Vinckboons (Mechelen, 1576–1629)
c. 1604
- Medium
- paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- height 157 mm x width 117 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Karel van Mander, Vinckboons’ first biographer, praised the artist’s great versatility as early as 1604. He also commended his skill in wielding the burin and etching needle. Vinckboons, however, was not actually trained as an engraver and probably made prints just for his own pleasure. Impressions of them are rare: only two examples of the Annunciation to the Shepherds are known.
