The Nativity and the Adoration of the Shepherds
c. 1512
- Medium
- Engraving in black on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 34.2 × 22.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-193289
Engraving of a decaying classical structure. Wooden scaffolding is exposed, and the ceiling is gone. A pair of small birds sits perched on a high beam. Beneath them are various people and animals depicting the Nativity, including a man and a woman with a head covering tending to a baby at center.
Provenance
Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
Registry history
- c. 1512 — Recorded in the collection of Art Institute of Chicago — prints
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