The Adoration of the Shepherds

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Johannes I Sadeler (publisher)
,
Jacopo Bassano (after)

Date

1599

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
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.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Johannes I Sadeler , Jacopo Bassano VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 203 x 297 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-NL
Description
Subject religious symbolism AAT
Tags New Testament Iconclass, Christ Iconclass, Christ-child (with attributes) Iconclass, birth and youth of Christ Iconclass, adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present Iconclass, the Virgin Mary Iconclass, the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools Iconclass, ox Iconclass, ass, donkey Iconclass, herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass, infant, baby ~ the ages of man Iconclass, male infant Iconclass, stall, stable Iconclass, cradle, crib Iconclass, container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass, fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.) Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NL
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11717/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-NL
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

Your browser does not meet the minimum requirements to view this website. The browsers below are compatible. If you do not have one of these browsers, click on the icon to download the preferred browser.

Chrome logo Google Chrome Firefox logo Mozilla Firefox Edge logo Microsoft Edge