Adoration Of The Shepherds

Veneto, 18th century

Dimensions: 70 x 65 cm
In frame 79 x 61 cm

The scene takes place inside a ruined architecture.
A low wall, a double column supporting two beams, which once formed the roof.

In the center and in the foreground, the Madonna, sitting on the manger, lovingly looks at the Child Jesus and, with a delicate gesture, wraps him in a white cloth.

The scene is then observed: on the right side by St. Joseph, standing with folded hands; from the ox, behind the Madonna; and on the left side by two characters, certainly two shepherds, who, from the outside, leaning against the low wall, look curiously.


Therefore the construction of the scene is very original, certainly from the Veneto area, and not strictly bound to the usual representative canons, but certainly permeated by a greater "reality", which gives it an undoubted charm.