Three shepherds are kneeling before the manger with the Christ child. One of them has two chickens in a basket. On the left are the ox and donkey, on the right Mary and Joseph.
| Artist |
Johannes I Sadeler
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Jacopo Bassano
RKD
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Johannes I Sadeler
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| Title | The Adoration of the Shepherds |
| Date | 1599 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Venice TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, top left: Jaweh |
| printed inscription in the depiction, top left: Filius meu es tu, ego hodie genui te. Psal.2. | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, below: I. Ponte Bassa. pix. / cû priuil. Sum. Pontif. et S. C&s. Mai / Joa. Sadeler. Sculpsit et excud. Venetijs / 1599 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-NL |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend 2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NL |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11717/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D21 Christ-child (with attributes) Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass 11H(JOSEPH) the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools Iconclass 31D111 infant, baby ~ the ages of man Iconclass 31D1111 male infant Iconclass 34B232 fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.) Iconclass 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass 42A411 cradle, crib Iconclass 46C13142 ass, donkey Iconclass 47I21111 ox Iconclass 47I221 herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass 47I2271 stall, stable Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73B birth and youth of Christ Iconclass 73B25 adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. XXI. Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : Text ; Vol. XXII : Plates / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein, Dieuwke De Hoop Scheffer, Karel Gerard Boon. - Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1980 (109) |
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