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Alabaster relief, depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds, in a frame of boxwood and other woods. In the middle, the Virgin reclines watching the Child who lies in a basket-work crib before her; at her feet kneels an angel while one shepherd looks over her right shoulder; to the right a shepherd approaches with his dog while behind him another feeds the ox and ass from a manger; to the left a shepherd kneels at the head of the crib while another stands behind him. Above there are rays issuing from a semicricle of clouds in which fly two putti.
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
Title
Adoration of the Shepherds
Date
1638
Medium
marble
Measurements
H 29 x W 21 x D (?) cm;
maximum: H (?) x W (?) x D 6 cm
Accession number
A.14-1933
Acquisition method
Purchased under the Bequest of Captain H. B. Murray.
Work type
Sculpture
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, Greater London SW7 2RL England
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