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The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Cornelis Saftleven

c. 1655 - c. 1659

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

h 73.7cm × w 106.9cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

oil paint (paint); panel

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds (and/or shepherdesses) at night; a host of singing angels in the air

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1884

Notes

outersize: depth 5.5 cm (support incl. SK-L-1212)

Collection Type

paintings

About Cornelis Saftleven

1607–1681 • Dutch Republic

Cornelis Saftleven was the brother and pupil of Herman Saftleven the younger. He married Catharina Dirksz. van der Heyde in 1649, and lived in Rotterdam from 1648 to 1674. He married his second wife, Elisabeth van der Avondt, in 1655, and was appointed director of the Rotterdam guild in 1667. Comment on works:Painter, watercolourist, engraver (etching), draughtsman (including ink). Religious subjects, figures, genre scenes, interiors with figures, rustic scenes, landscapes with figures, landscapes, ruins, animals.