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The Adoration of the Shepherds

Gaetano Gandolfi (1734–1802)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

The Adoration of the Shepherds

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An angel announces the birth of Christ to the shepherds, who hasten to worship the new-born saviour (Luke 2: 8–18). Together with 'The Flight into Egypt' this painting was commissioned in 1798 by Giovanni Battista Fornasari, a pupil, friend and later patron of Gaetano. Two preparatory drawings for this painting and 'The Flight into Egypt' were also in the Medlicott bequest (Parker 1956, nos. 999 and 1000). The one for this painting is inscribed with details of the commission, including the fact that Gaetano's son Mauro made a copy in 1829 with the intention of engraving the composition.

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Title

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Date

post 1798

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 48 x W 70 cm

Accession number

WA1950.22

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by Mrs Hilda Fothergill Medlicott, 1950

Work type

Painting

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Gaetano Gandolfi

1734–1802

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