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The Adoration of the Shepherds
Antonio di Dominicica. 1730
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
In a rustic shelter, Mary is semi-reclining on a bed of straw, watching over the infant Christ in a cradle, surrounded by marvelling shepherds.
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Details
- Title: The Adoration of the Shepherds
- Creator: Antonio di Dominici
- Creator Lifespan: 1725/1735
- Date Created: ca. 1730
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
- Medium: Red chalk on cream laid paper
- Signed: Lower margin in graphite: Bernardo (crossed out) de Dominici / 2 g - a 120 (price drawn over with ink).
- Provenance: Giovanni Piancastelli
- Markings: Mary Brandegee: Lugt 1860c.
- Dimensions: 26.8 x 19.2 cm (10 9/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
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