Adoration of the Shepherds
Italian School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
680 x 445 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290228
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Adoration of the Shepherds, Italian School, circa 1700. On a brown background, the scene shows shepherds grouped around the Christ Child in a manger and the Virgin. The Virgin in blue. Light pours down through a break in the clouds above.
Provenance
Calke Abbey was given to the National Trust by Henry Harpur Crewe (1921-1991) and the contents, including this painting, were acquired with the aid of a grant from the National Heritage Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government, in 1984.
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Makers and roles
Italian School, artist