Adoration of the Shepherds / Marinus, pseudonym of Marin Robin van der Goes [artwork]
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- Title
- Adoration of the Shepherds [artwork]
- Artist
- Marinus, ca. 1599-1639, pseudonym of Marin Robin van der Goes
- Date Created
- 17th century
- Genre
- artwork
- Physical Description
- Sheet: 22 1/4 x 16 3/8 inches (56.5 x 41.7 cm.); plate impression: 18 3/4 x 14 inches (47.5 x 35.5 cm.)
- Artist notes
- after a painting by Jacob Jordaens, history and portrait painter, draughtsman, watercolorist, and engraver, 1593-1678
- Artist nationality
- Dutch
- Artist role
- engraver
- Original artist
- Jordaens, Jacob, 1593-1678
- Inscription
- Recto: bottom center: (in Latin) Nectare, et ambrosia ciues qui Pascit olÿmpi / Pastorum vili. Pascitur ecce cibo. / Quem canit heroâ Diuorum Voce Senatus, / Hunc canit en gracili rustica musa Sono. ; l. l.: Iac: Iordaens pinxit. ; l. r.: Mariuus Sculpsit. No. 4. ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Clark Oct 1937 / 14 50 ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/542
- Medium
- Engraving.
- Condition
- Fine condition. One dark brown stain in margin at lower left. Light adhesive tape stains on verso at all four corners and at bottom center edge, but they do not bleed through to the recto.
- Provenance
- The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California, 9 Oct. 1937.
- Instrument
- Duct flute
- Century
- 17th century
- Subjects
- Reproductive print [after well-known artist]
- Religious
- Miller category
- Miscellaneous Art (large)
- Miller ID
- 0474/Y
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 03-05-2014