The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints
Adoration of the Shepards
Johann Daniel Preissler
- Date
- late 17th–mid-18th century
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, brown wash and white heightening over red chalk
- Dimensions
- 12 7/8 x 11 1/4 in. (32.7 x 28.5 cm)
- Object type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawings
- Object number
- 1975.131.235
- Credit line
- Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Artist information
German, Nuremberg 1666–1737 Nuremberg
Subjects and terms
- Jesus
- Birth
- Crowd
- Adoration of the Shepherds
The Met object ID 334961. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.