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Title: The Adoration of the Shepherds; verso: Sketches
Artist:
Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, Heemskerck 1498–1574 Haarlem)
Date: ca. 1532–37
Medium: Pen and two hues of brown ink, brown-gray wash, heightened with white gouache; verso: black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 13 11/16 x 13 1/4 in. (34.7 x 33.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.637
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