Adoration of the Shepherds
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
278 × 438 mm (image); 285 × 443 mm (plate); 299 × mm 456 (sheet)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
223288
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Lucas Emil Vorsterman · 1595–1675
Lucas Vorsterman the Elder, also known as Lucas Emil Vorsterman (1595–1675), was a preeminent Flemish Baroque engraver renowned for his reproductive prints after the era's leading painters. Born in Zaltbommel in the Dutch province of Gelderland to a family of artists, his early life remains sparsely documented beyond the fact that he began practicing engraving at the age of twelve. Around 1617–161...