The Adoration of the Shepherds
1651 to 1700
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over red chalk, heightened with white on laid paper, squared for transfer
Dimensions
overall: 17.2 x 24.1 cm (6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.150.73
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Giuseppe Passeri · 1654–1714
**Giuseppe Passeri (1654–1714)** was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active throughout his career in his native city of Rome. Born on 12 March 1654, he was the nephew of the painter and biographer Giovanni Battista Passeri, who served as his first master before he entered the studio of the leading Roman artist Carlo Maratta. Passeri worked firmly within the late Baroque tradition, produ...