# The Adoration of the Shepherds

- By: Franz Anton Maulbertsch (Austrian, 1724 - 1796)
- Date: 1757
- Medium: pen and black ink with gray wash on laid paper
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: overall: 31 x 23.2 cm (12 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Austrian
- Credit line: Rudolf and Lore Heinemann Fund
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.129958.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
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