Master Paintings Part II
Master Paintings Part II
Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Adoration of the Shepherds
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May 26, 03:06 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Adoration of the Shepherds
oil on canvas
canvas: 20 ⅜ by 14 ¾ in.; 51.8 by 37.5 cm.
framed: 24 ¼ by 18 ⅝ in.; 61.6 by 47.3 cm.
The present painting derives from an important sixteenth-century engraving by Lucas Vorsterman I (1595-1675) based on a composition by Sir Peter Paul Rubens, today in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen (inv. no. 1803.6 ).1
1For an example of Vosterman's engraving, see Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. no. RP-P-OB-70342