A scene with seven men and women gathered around an infant is enclosed in an eight-sided, octagonal painted frame, which is surrounded by a wreath of flowers in this vertical painting. The painted black frame-within-a-frame resembles molding. The people in the scene have pale skin and wear robes in shades of teal blue, burnt orange, red, muted purple, or red. A woman reaching for the bed on which the child lies and the child have gold halos. Others crouch or bend toward the child, and one pair, to our left, turn toward each other, presumably talking. The nighttime-blue sky is streaked with…
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Garland of Flowers with Adoration of the Shepherds

painter Frans Francken the Younger (Flemish, 1581 - 1642)

and painter Master HDB (Flemish)

c. 1625/1630

Medium
oil on copper
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 22.3 x 18.5 cm (8 3/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Culture
Flemish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Gift of Helen M.L. Marwick
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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