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
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.
Gloria in excelsis Deo
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"Gloria in excelsis Deo" is a Christian hymn known also as the Greater Doxology and the Angelic Hymn or Hymn of the Angels. The name is often abbreviated to Gloria in Excelsis or simply Gloria.
Annunciation to the shepherds
…Part II of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, and in Part I of Handel's Messiah. Many Christmas carols mention the annunciation to the shepherds, with the Gloria in Excelsis Deo being the most ancient. Phillips Brooks' "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (1867) has the lines "O morning stars together, proclaim the holy birth, / And…
Angel with the words "Gloria in Excelsis Deo et in terra pax" by Dalziel Brothers