Paolo Veronese

The Adoration of the Shepherds



Paolo Veronese - The Adoration of the Shepherds



Paolo Veronese
The Adoration of the Shepherds
c. 1563-65
95.2 x 115.5 cm
Oil on canvas
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, on loan from a private collection


Exhibitions

2004 The Age of Titian: Venetian Renaissance Art from Scottish Collections, Nr. 58

Provenance

Cardinal Mazarin, Paris, by 1653
in the possession of his heirs until at least 1714
Louis Fagon, Paris
Pierre Crozat
his sale, Hôtel d'Aligre, 15 March 1779, nr. 18
4th Earl of Aberdeen, Argyll House, London, by 1816
by descent to the 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Haddo House, Aberdeenshire
sale Christie's, London, 1 July 1966, nr. 57
sale Christie's, London, 29 November 1974, nr. 70
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Iconclass

73B25 Adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present

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