Aanbidding door de herders
Medium
etching
Dimensions
375; 525
About this artwork
Het Christuskind ligt in het stro in een stal. Jozef, Maria en drie herders knielen rondom het kindje. Boven de stal zingen engelen 'Gloria in excelsis deo'. In de ondermarge tekst in het Latijn.
About the Artist
Pietro Sante Bartoli · 1615–1700
Pietro Santi Bartoli, born in Perugia in 1635, emerged as a pivotal figure in the Roman antiquarian revival of the late seventeenth century. Relocating to Rome as a youth, he initially pursued painting, studying under the French artist Jean Lemaire—known as "Le Petit Lemaire"—and later under the esteemed Nicolas Poussin, whose classical rigor profoundly shaped his early approach. Though traces of ...