The Adoration of the Shepherds
Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 10.8 x 132 cm (4 1/4 x 51 15/16 in.) sheet: 11 x 13.2 cm (4 5/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kate Ganz
Accession Number
2008.104.15
About the Artist
Annibale Carracci · 1560–1609
Annibale was considered one of the greatest Italian painters of his age. His style is marked by naturalism combined with the formal language of Classicism in a grand and monumental style. Annibale was also instrumental in evolving the ideal, classical landscape and is generally credited with the invention of caricature. Italian painter. Comment on works: Mythology.