Illustration: 73B124x73B14x73B55x1

General

Title Mary and Joseph are not admitted to the inn, annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds (and/or shepherdesses) at night; a host of singing angels in the air, the star appears again and guides the three Wise Men to Bethlehem
Type Illustration
Sizes 1078x69
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1657
Iconclass 73B124,73B14,73B55
Iconclass description Mary and Joseph are not admitted to the inn, annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds (and/or shepherdesses) at night; a host of singing angels in the air, the star appears again and guides the three Wise Men to Bethlehem
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Matthew) 2 A3v
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Matthew) vol.2 p.A3v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

Images not available

Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Matthew) vol.2 p.A3v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.b

References

Literature references

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1983 Christoffel van Sichem A Family of Dutch 17th Century Woodcut Artists, in: Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XXVII, Christoffel (1) van Sichem to Herman Specht, pp. 274-306

Bibliographic references

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