The Adoration of the Shepherds

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Title	The Adoration of the Shepherds
Material and technique	Brush and brown ink over black chalk, brown wash, heightened with white
Object type	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 272 mm Width 183 mm
Artists	Draughtsman: Jacob Jordaens (I)
Accession number	V 31 (PK)
Credits	Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940
Department	Drawings & Prints
Acquisition date	1940
Creation date	in circa 1657
Collector	Collector / Franz Koenigs
Internal exhibitions	Rubens, Jordaens, Van Dyck en tijdgenoten (2001)
Material	Brown ink > Ink > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Black chalk > Chalk > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Paintbrush > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Drawing > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Technique	Highlight > Painting technique > Technique > Material and technique Brown wash > Washing > Wash > Drawing technique > Technique > Material and technique
Geographical origin	Southern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe

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Jacob Jordaens (I)

Antwerpen 1593 - Antwerpen 1678

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