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Painted miniature of the Adoration of the Shepherds: a kneeling Virgin in blue, a child on the ground, angels, shepherds, and a rocky arched grotto under a starry sky.

Adoration of the Shepherds, illuminated miniature, ca. 1500

A miniature in tempera and gold shows the Virgin kneeling in blue beside the Christ child in a rocky grotto, with a haloed angel above. Shepherds and a standing older man in green and pink gather on a grassy foreground, while a river, a town, and a starry night sky stretch behind them.

Artist
Francesco di Marco Marmitta da Parma
Date
ca. 1500
Medium
Tempera and gold on parchment
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2358 × 3722 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1505).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 1975.1.2491

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