The Adoration of the Shepherds

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A circular-shaped nativity scene, with the baby Jesus seated on a blue blanket in the foreground to the left, leaning with his arms crossed on a cushion and his head half turned back towards the Virgin, who kneels with her hands together in adoration behind him. Joseph seated on the left with his chin resting on his hand, contemplates the child, and on the right are two shepherds who are also gazing at the baby. The ox and ass are in a stable in the background to the left, with a fertile landscape stretching into the distance to right.
Title

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Date

1504–1508

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 114 x W 114 cm

Accession number

1947.188

Acquisition method

purchased from Roland, Browse and Delbanco, 1947

Work type

Painting

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