Adoration of the Shepherds

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Having come to pay homage to the newborn Christ, the shepherds tentatively enter the presence of the Holy Family. The Virgin kneels before her child, and Saint Joseph is shown as an elderly man praying in the background. The grand but dilapidated building signifies the passing of the Old Dispensation. A different version of this subject attributed to Marcellus Coffermans (Metropolitan Museum, New York) is likewise painted on a very small scale and also includes a group of three angels at the top of the composition.

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Bristol

Title

Adoration of the Shepherds

Date

c.1550

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 29 x W 24 cm

Accession number

K1658

Acquisition method

bequeathed by F. P. M. Schiller, 1946

Work type

Painting

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