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The Adoration of the Shepherds with the Christ Child at center and angels above

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The Adoration of the Shepherds with the Christ Child at center and angels above

Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) | Polidoro da Caravaggio

1570–1600

Medium

Engraving; proof before letters

Tags

Angels Jesus Adoration of the Shepherds

Dimensions

Sheet: 23 1/4 × 18 3/8 in. (59 × 46.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)

1553 –1615 • Italian

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