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Ludwig Krug
Adoration of the Shepherds, 1516
engraving and etching printed in black ink on laid paper
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Artist Ludwig Krug, German, 1490-1532
Title
  • Adoration of the Shepherds
  • The Nativity (alternate title)
Date 1516
Medium engraving and etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Dimensions Plate: 6 1/2 × 5 1/8 inches (16.5 × 13 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 5 3/4 inches (18.4 × 14.6 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
Accession Number 09.1S664
Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Not On View
Signed Signed and dated, in plate, center right: 1516 | [artist's monogram]
Marks Stamped, verso: Scripps 1889 (Lugt 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]
June 1889, G. Claus (Dresden, Germany).
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)