Jan Saenredam1575
De verkondiging aan de herders
An angel of the Lord appears to the shepherds keeping watch over their flocks by night, and the glory of the Lord shines around them as the good news of great joy is proclaimed (Luke 2). An engraving by the Dutch artist Jan Saenredam (1575).
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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.