Title: The Adoration of the Shepherds
Object type: Painting
Date: shortly after 1450
Artist:  Andrea Mantegna 
Artist bio: Italian, Isola di Carturo 1430/31–1506 Mantua
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood
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)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1932
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Holy Family, term: Jesus, term: Adoration of the Shepherds