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Adoration of the Shepherds

Daniele CrespiBetween 1623 and 1625

Sforzesco Castle

Sforzesco Castle
Milan, Italy

This painting exemplifies the formally sober, clear
and explicitly iconographic language of the artist Daniele Crespi. The
horizontal format urges the viewer to focus attention on the event taking place
in the foreground. The protagonists invade the scene, excluding the background
or any other element characterising the surroundings. The face of the Virgin,
idealised and delicate, contrasts with the characteristic profiles of the
shepherds and of Joseph himself, revealing influences of Caravaggio

Details

  • Title: Adoration of the Shepherds
  • Creator: Daniele Crespi
  • Date Created: Between 1623 and 1625
  • Location: Castello Sforzesco, Pinacoteca, Milan
  • Physical Dimensions: 77 x 141 cm
  • Provenance: Purchase from Aldo Noseda, 1929
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: Comune di Milano - Civiche Raccolte Artistiche, Castello Sforzesco, Milano
  • External Link: https://pinacoteca.milanocastello.it/
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Art Genre: Sacred art
  • Art Form: Painting
  • Original title: Adorazione dei pastori
  • Artist Nationality: Italian
  • Artist Death Place: Milan
  • Artist Death Date: 1630
  • Artist Birth Place: Milan (?)
  • Artist Birth Date: 1597 approx.

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