1701A

Adoration of the Shepherds

Artist: Lucas Vorsterman I (1595-1675)
Title: Adoration of the Shepherds
Date: 1620
Medium: Engraving [Schneevoogt 15, 23; Wijngaert cat. 712] published by the author. After an oil painting done by Rubens for the Church of the Capuchines in Aix-la-Chapelle, France, ca. 1615. Now at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France. A preparatory drawing retouched by Rubens exists at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.
Photo Source: British Museum Website
Note: Frederik Bouttats (fl. 1610-1675) copied Vorsterman's engraving in the same direction [Schneevoogt 16, 27; Wijngaert cat. 120]. As did Georg Christian Kilian in a thesis sheet (see Rome 1977, 392).
Item: 1701A