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The Annunciation to the Shepherds
Also titled De verkondiging aan de herders
Claes Moeyaert (ca. –1655)
c. 1633 - c. 1637
- Medium
- paper, ink
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 242 mm x width 193 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
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About this work
A group of shepherds gaze up to heaven, where an angel has appeared to announce the birth of Jesus. Moeyaert devoted a great deal of attention to the subtle effects of light in this splendid composition. Moeyaert enjoyed a long career, during which he witnessed Rembrandt’s fame. In this instance, he probably took inspiration from Rembrandt’s famous 1634 etching of the same subject.
