The Adoration of the Shepherds
Samuel van Hoogstraten
early 1640s
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk
Dimensions
Overall: 2 7/8 x 4 3/16 in. (7.3 x 10.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Given in memory of Felix M. Warburg by his wife and children, 1941
Accession Number
41.21.2
Tags
AnimalsMenWomenAdoration of the Shepherds
About the Artist
Samuel van Hoogstraten · 1627–1678
Studied under his father, Dirck, and under Rembrandt. Was noted as an artist to the emperor in Vienna and as the head of an academy in Dordrecht. Comment on works: History; Portraits; Genre; Landscapes; Still life; Mythology; Religious