The Annunciation to the Shepherds
Rembrandt van Rijn
ca. 1650
Medium
pen and brown ink, with opaque white; later additions in grey wash; framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
180; 219
About the Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn · 1606–1669
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669) stands as one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Western art and the most important Dutch painter of the 17th century. Born in Leiden to a prosperous miller's family, Rembrandt transformed painting through his revolutionary use of light and shadow, his psychological depth in portraiture, and his elevation of etching to a fine art. His approx...