print
- Museum number
- 1878,0511.799
- Description
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Adoration of the Shepherds
Etching and aquatint
- Production date
- 1780-1790 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 198 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 155 millimetres (trimmed)
- Curator's comments
- We are grateful to Rena Hoisington from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, for pointing out that this hitherto anonymous print is by Gandolfi as they have an untrimmed impression (2020.73.2) which bears his initials, 'GG F', in the lower margin. It is loosely based on Correggio's nocturnal rendition of the same scene in his altarpiece completed by 1530, known as 'La Notte', which since 1746 has been in Dresden.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1878,0511.799