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The Adoration of the Shepherds (left half): P.3397-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Adoration of the Shepherds (left half)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucius, Jakob
Printmaker: Master of the Adoration of the Shepherds (Formerly attributed)

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Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich 1872 (received 1873)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward

Dating

16th Century
Circa 1530 - Circa 1540

Note

Complete image printed from two blocks on two sheets of paper and mounted separately (See P.3398-R for right hand side). Letters LVC on brick face, image lower left. Formerly attributed to Cranach.

School or Style

German

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.3397-R
Primary reference Number: 120931
Bartsch: Not in Bartsch
Hollstein (German): 8
Old location number: 36.4.25
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 17 June 2024 Last processed: Saturday 22 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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