Art Institute of Chicago

Adoration of the Shepherds

Pierre François Basan

n.d.

Attribution

Pierre-François Basan (French, 1723-1797) after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

Medium

Engraving in black on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper with an ivory laid paper collar, decoated with ruled pen and black ink lines on strips of ivory laid paper

Physical dimensions

Image: 28.2 × 20 cm (11 1/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Primary support, trimmed within platemark: 29.5 × 21.3 cm (11 5/8 × 8 7/16 in.); Secondary support: 40.6 × 30.4 cm (16 × 12 in.)

Credit line

Gift of Anne-Marie Logan