The Adoration of the Shepherds

Engraved by Pieter van der Heyden Netherlandish

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In Mariette Album, folio 97

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Title: The Adoration of the Shepherds
Artist: Engraved by Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, ca. 1525–1569)
Medium: Engraving; first state
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Object Number: 27.78.2(275)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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