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Description: | The Adoration of the Shepherds has been a popular subject among artists throughout the centuries. Here it has been painted in a rather naïve style but the scene still contains much of the familiar iconography. Shepherds and oxen crowd around Mary and Jesus, and through the doorway a host of angels is visible. One less usual character, however, kneels prominently to the left of the manger. Her rolled-up sleeves and the large flask of water beside her indicate that she is probably Salome, the midwife. Her apocryphal role in the nativity story was denounced by the Catholic Church in the mid sixteenth century. | Subjects: | religion (Adoration of the Shepherds) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Æ Previously attributed to Veronese, Paolo (Italian painter and draftsman, 1528-1588) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8607... | Go to resource |
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