The Adoration of the Shepherds
This work was removed from a triptych assembled in nineteenth-century Paris from plaques of various origins. The overall style
and the figures’ prominent foreheads are immediately recognizable as products of the master or his workshop, in distinct contrast
to the gravity of the Annunciation figures by Nardon Pénicaud (recorded 1493–1541) that were mounted on either side of the plaque when Benjamin Altman acquired the triptych.
and the figures’ prominent foreheads are immediately recognizable as products of the master or his workshop, in distinct contrast
to the gravity of the Annunciation figures by Nardon Pénicaud (recorded 1493–1541) that were mounted on either side of the plaque when Benjamin Altman acquired the triptych.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Adoration of the Shepherds
- Artist: Workshop of the Master of the High Foreheads (Atelier aux Grands Fronts)
- Date: probably early 16th century
- Culture: French, Limoges
- Medium: Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt
- Classification: Enamels
- Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Object Number: 14.40.698a
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Nardon Pénicaud
ca. 1510–20
Workshop of the Master of the High Foreheads
probably early 16th century
Workshop of the Master of the High Foreheads
late 15th–early 16th century
Léonard Limosin
1556
Nardon Pénicaud
first quarter 16th century
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