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Description: | The Madonna and Joseph kneel on either side of the infant Christ lying on a makeshift crib. Behind them three shepherds gesture with their arms to signify their adoration. In too bad a condition to be judged properly in terms of authorship, this small picture has been attributed traditionally to Frans Francken the elder (b. 1542, d. 1616). The variety of expressions in the faces both of the Virgin and Child and of the figures standing around the nativity scene, including the impulsiveness with which one of the shepherds expresses his astonishment and joy, suggest it may have been a better picture than can be recognized in its present state of conservation. | Subjects: | figure; religion (Adoration of the Shepherds) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Francken, Frans, I (Flemish painter, 1542-1616) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8783... | Go to resource |
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