print
- Museum number
- 1874,0808.2001
- Description
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The adoration of the shepherds, after Perino del Vaga; the Virgin kneeling with one hand resting on a book, the other at her breast, looking back over her shoulder towards three shepherds, who enter from right, one carrying a lamb, one relating the story of the angelic annunciation, depicted in the distance through the open door, all looking with wonder at the Christ child, who sits beside His mother to left, with angels and a sleeping St Joseph in the background. 1724
One plate in mezzotint and etching printed in black ink overprinted with a chiaroscuro woodcut in ochre
- Production date
- 1724
- Dimensions
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Height: 472 millimetres
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Width: 592 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For another state, reworked and printed without the woodblock, see 2010,7081.2486
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1874
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1874,0808.2001