The Adoration of the Shepherds is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo di Credi, dating to about 1510. It is displayed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence.
The painting, commissioned by the nuns of Santa Chiara in Florence, is mentioned by the contemporary painter Mariotto Albertinelli and by the art biographer Giorgio Vasari, as well as in Florence’s art guides from the late 17th century.
Under a ruined hut (a symbol of the declining pagan and Hebraic religions, is depicted the adoration of Jesus, who lies on a veil over a pile of straw. On the left, in a semicircle, are a shepherd with a lamb (symbol of Christ’s sacrifice) looking on the left, two praying shepherds, the Virgin, two standing and one kneeling angels with red clothes, and a standing St. Joseph.
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- Designer: Jennifer Toombs
- Printer: Joh. Enschedé En Zonen Hollande
- Process: Lithography
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- Watermark: Cockerels (sideways)
- Perf: 13 x 13.5 (comb)
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