Adoration of the Shepherds
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750–90
name: label: Designer
content: Francesco Saverio Mergolo, Italian, 1746–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Nativity scene showing the infant Christ child reclining on hay at center, glowing with light, surrounded by Joseph and the Virgin Mary. Three additional figures of shepherds kneel in adoration, each cast in dramatic shadow. Farm animals (cows and dogs) surround the figures. In the sky above, groups of putti holding banners in the clouds. Squared for enlargement in black chalk.
place: label: made in
content: Naples, 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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-4371
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray, brown wash, black chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 47.4 × 35 cm (18 11/16 × 13 3/4 in.)