The adoration of the shepherds

The adoration of the shepherds

Diego de AstorWW-1605-327225
1605·Engraving·sheet: 18 1/2 x 13 5/8 in. (47 x 34.6 cm)

A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1978

Catalogue

Year
1605
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 18 1/2 x 13 5/8 in. (47 x 34.6 cm)

Artist

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Diego de Astor

Diego de Astor was a 17th-century Spanish engraver from Toledo. He studied under Domenico Theotocopuli, and in 1606 engraved, under his superintendence, a 'St. Francis,' after Nic. de Vargas. Astor was engraver to the Mint of Segovia, and was also employed to engrave the royal seals. Of his plates we may notice the titlepage to Colmenares' Historia de Segovia, and a series of plates of the first documented manual alphabet for the purpose of deaf education in Bonet's book Reducción de las letras y arte para enseñar a hablar a los mudos.

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Year
1605
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 18 1/2 x 13 5/8 in. (47 x 34.6 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1605-327225

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Diego de Astor

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