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The Annunciation to the Shepherds by Jan Saenredam — VisualArtsDB

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

1599

Medium: Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 55.9 × 40.3 cm (22 1/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
Genre: engraving
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Tags

shepherdsMythologyengravingCrownsprints and drawingsprintprints and drawingChristian subjectspaper (fiber product)

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