Title: Adoration of the Shepards
Object type: Drawing
Date: late 17th–mid-18th century
Artist:  Johann Daniel Preissler 
Artist bio: German, Nuremberg 1666–1737 Nuremberg
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and black ink, brown wash and white heightening over red chalk
Dimensions: 12 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.  (32.7 x 28.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Jesus, term: Adoration of the Shepherds, term: Birth, term: Crowd