The Adoration of the Shepherds

Inscription: In pen and black ink at lower left margin of old mount, "F. Le Moine."

Marking: In black ink at lower left corner, unidentified collector's mark (Lugt 1143)

Jacques Augustin de Silvestre (French)?, according to Jacob Bean, sale, Paris, February 28 - March 25, 1811, possible part of no. 338, "L'Adoration des bergers. . . crayons noir et blanc, sur papier bleu"; Unidentified Collector; Iolo Aneurin Williams (British), according to Vendor; Vendor: Colnaghi, New York

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," November 28, 1994–February 5, 1995.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints: Journeys," July 31–October 30, 2018.

Bean and Turcic 1986.164

Pierre Rosenberg French Master Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries in North American Collections. Ex. cat., Art Gallery of Ontario, 2 Sept. - 15 Oct., National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 3 Nov. - 17 Dec. 1972, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 12 Jan. - 11 Mar. 1973. Toronto, 1972, cat. no. under 70, p. 176.

Jean-Luc Bordeaux François Le Moyne and His Generation 1688-1737. Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1984, cat. no. D 39, fig. no. 167, pp. 85, 149, ill.

Jacob Bean, Lawrence Turčić 15th-18th Century French Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986, cat. no. 164, pp. 152-153, ill.

Philip Conisbee "New York French Drawings [exhibition review]." The Burlington Magazine. vol. 128, London, December 1986, p. 925.

Benoît Boëlens van Waesberghe, Cecile Kruyfhooft, Jean-Luc Pypaert, Pascal R. Raquez, Roland Soenen European Master Drawings Unveiled: Van der Goes, Michelangelo, Van Goyen, Fragonard and Other Masters from Belgian Collections ("Verborgen Meestertekeningen van Michelangelo tot Rubens uit Belgisch particulier bezit"). Exh. cat.: Kunsthal Rotterdam, 21 September - 8 December 2002. Benoît Boëlens van Waesberghe, Amsterdam - Ghent, 2002, cat. no. 112, p. 246.