Jan Saenredam1601
Aanbidding door de herders (rechter blad)
Gathered around the manger, the shepherds worship the newborn Christ on the night of his birth in Bethlehem (Luke 2). An engraving by the Dutch artist Jan Saenredam (1601).
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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.