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The image depicts swirling lines and undefined shapes creating an abstract scene. The lines form a central circular gathering and above are curling shapes suggesting billowing clouds or drapery. Human features and forms emerge among the lines, resembling faces and limbs intertwined.
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The image depicts swirling lines and undefined shapes creating an abstract scene. The lines form a central circular gathering and above are curling shapes suggesting billowing clouds or drapery. Human features and forms emerge among the lines, resembling faces and limbs intertwined.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Adoration of the Shepherds

Gaetano Gandolfi

Date
1780s
Medium
etching and aquatint on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 20.8 × 15.8 cm (8 3/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2020.73.2
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • Angel
  • Woman
  • Christ Child
  • animal
  • Figures
Provenance

Konrad Meier (not in Lugt). (Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in plate: GGF

Marks

Konrad Meier (not in Lugt)

NGA object ID 222049. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.