# The Adoration of the Shepherds

- By: Andrea Mantegna (Italian, Isola di Carturo 1430/31–1506 Mantua)
- Date: shortly after 1450
- Medium: Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: Overall 15 3/4 x 21 7/8 in. (40 x 55.6 cm); painted surface 14 7/8 x 21 in. (37.8 x 53.3 cm)
- Culture: Italian
- Credit line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1932
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436966)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/web-large/DP213831.jpg
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