Adoration of the Shepherds
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1585 – 1605
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Engraver
content: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: Nighttime scene with an open structure at right, where the Virgin kneels, looking down at the Christ Child. A group of worshippers approach from the left. The angel appears in the background at left, announcing Christ's birth to the shepherds. The scene is lit by heavenly light from the sky at upper left and from the Christ child himself.
label: Description
content: Verso: A statue of the god Mercury, with winged hat and caduceus, stands upon a pedestal in a densely wooded landscape. People surround, including two small male figures in the center foreground and other figures on horseback at left and at right. The lower half of the sheet is blank.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2655
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9.8 × 14.7 cm (3 7/8 × 5 13/16 in.)