The Annunciation to the Shepherds (Plate 3)
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Title
The Annunciation to the Shepherds (Plate 3)
Description
The annunciation to the shepherds. At centre, the angel holding and inscribed scroll in Latin, announcing the birth of the Saviour; a shepherd seen from behind, praying; another one with a dog reclined by a tree protecting his face from the light, to left; sheep seen behind, on either side; a city landscape seen behind, to right.
Engraving with contemporary colouring
Engraving with contemporary colouring
Publisher
Gerard de Jode
Date
1585
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Relation
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1968-1018-1-225
Format
engraving
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
engraving
Citation
“The Annunciation to the Shepherds (Plate 3),” The Little Gidding Harmonies, accessed June 21, 2025, https://digitalbookhistory.com/littlegidding/items/show/1079.