A young woman and older man accompanied by two winged angels kneel to gaze at a tiny infant lying on an overturned basket in this vertical painting. They and the five men standing or kneeling to each side all have pale skin. The woman, Mary, is on our left and leans forward with her hands stretched out toward the infant. Her long, honey-blond hair is covered with a pleated white cloth, and she wears a marine-blue gown over a garment with garnet-red sleeves. The older man, Joseph, kneels opposite her. He has a gray beard and hair and wears a charcoal-gray cloak over a scarlet-red robe. The…
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The Adoration of the Shepherds

Adriaen Isenbrant (Netherlandish, active 1510 - 1551)

probably 1520/1540

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 74.6 x 57 cm (29 3/8 x 22 7/16 in.) ; framed: 93.3 x 74.9 cm (36 3/4 x 29 1/2 in.)
Culture
Bruges
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-R
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
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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