Adoration of the Shepherds
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The Adoration of the Shepherds is the traditional name for a New Testament episode in the story of Jesus's nativity, which is the subject of many works of art. In it shepherds are near witnesses to Je
Adoration of the Shepherds by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1485
Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione, 1510
The Adoration of the Shepherds by El Greco, c. 1605–1610
Adoration of the Shepherds by Matthias Stom, c. 1635–1640
The annunciation to the shepherds is an episode in the Nativity of Jesus described in the Bible in Luke 2, in which angels tell a group of shepherds about the birth of Jesus. It is a common subject of
Adoration of the Shepherds
…in Bethlehem, arriving soon after he is actually born. The episode is recounted, or at least implied, in the Gospel of Luke and follows on from the annunciation to the shepherds, in which the shepherds are summoned by an angel to the scene of the birth. Like the episode preceding it, the adoration is a common subject in art…
This late 15th-century Flemish miniature shows the annunciation to the shepherds.
Rembrandt The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds, 1634
Abraham Bloemaert (Manner of) - Announcement to the shepherds c.1600
This 1663 painting by Abraham Hondius has a matching painting of the Adoration of the shepherds.