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Adoration of the Shepherds, after the Small Passion
Adoration of the Shepherds, after the Small Passion

Adoration of the Shepherds, after the Small Passion

Artist/Maker (Italian, ca. 1480–ca. 1534)
after (German, 1471–1528)
Dateearly 16th century
MediumEngraving
DimensionsImage: 4 15/16 × 3 7/8 in. (12.5 × 9.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 6 5/8 in. (19.7 × 16.9 cm)
Credit LineOberlin-Carnegie Corporation Fund
PortfolioAfter woodcut of Nativity from Dürer's Small Passion
Object number1931.55
Status
On view
More Information
This delicate representation of the Adoration of the Shepherds depicts an episode from Luke 2:15-20, in which a group of shepherds journeys to Bethlehem to see the Christ child, after being told of his birth by an angel. One of many copies that Marcantonio Raimondi made after prints by Albrecht Dürer, this was executed while Marcantonio was living in Venice (ca. 1506-ca. 1508). Around the time that this print was made, Dürer famously took legal action against Marcantonio for including Dürer's monogram, "AD," in the engraved copies he made of the artist's prints.
Exhibition History
Albrecht Durer – 500th Anniversary
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 19, 1971 - March 28, 1971 )
Surveying the Ruin: The Architectural Landscape on Paper
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 1, 2005 - August 21, 2005 )
Artists on Artists
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 7, 2012 - July 29, 2012 )
Printing Practice: Religious Prints from the Renaissance
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 6, 2012 - December 23, 2012 )
Signatures, Invention, and Agency in 16th-Century Prints
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 18, 2021 - July 17, 2022 )
Albrecht Dürer, Printmaker: Observation, Imitation, and Invention
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 24, 2024 - January 18, 2025 )
Collections
  • European
  • On View
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