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Gold-ground panel painting of the Nativity with Mary kneeling by the infant in a manger, an ox, kneeling Joseph, shepherds at right, and angels above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

A gold-ground panel painting of the Nativity: the Virgin kneels beside the infant Christ in a manger, an ox and donkey nearby, while Saint Joseph kneels at left and shepherds approach at right. Angels in haloed clusters fill the arched top.

Artist
Bartolo di Fredi
Date
1374
Medium
Tempera on poplar, gold ground
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
1300 × 1939 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1374).
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, The Cloisters Collection, 1925

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