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Annunciation to the Shepherds
Also titled De verkondiging aan de herders
Joachim Wtewael (Utrecht, 1566–1638)
1595 - 1603
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 170 cm x width 136 cm
- 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
In keeping with the biblical account, the night sky bursts open and the ‘splendour of the Lord' shines on the shepherds, some of whom are still asleep. An angel announces the birth of Jesus. The supernatural light is so bright that some of the figures have to shield their eyes. The contorted limbs and poses are typical of Mannerism, the style in which Wtewael excelled.
