Jan Saenredam1589
Aanbidding door de herders (middelste blad)
The shepherds, called from their fields by the angel, gather in adoration around the newborn Christ lying in the manger at Bethlehem (Luke 2). An engraving by the Dutch artist Jan Saenredam (1589).
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About Jan Saenredam
1565-1607 · Dutch
Jan Saenredam was a Dutch engraver trained under Hendrick Goltzius whose biblical plates — often reproducing compositions by Cornelis van Haarlem and Abraham Bloemaert — circulated widely across seventeenth-century Europe.