Art, literature & history
The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds
1634
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint; third state of three
- Dimensions
- sheet: 14 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (36.2 x 28.9 cm) plate: 10 1/4 x 8 11/16 in. (26.1 x 22 cm)
- Collection no.
- 20.46.14
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Rembrandt van Rijn. The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds — Rembrandt van Rijn. 1634.
Medium: Etching and drypoint; third state of three. Dimensions: sheet: 14 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (36.2 x 28.9 cm) plate: 10 1/4 x 8 11/16 in. (26.1 x 22 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, 1920.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.