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The Adoration of the Shepherds

Former Attribution Jean Cousin the Elder French
n.d.
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Adoration of the Shepherds
  • Artist: Jean Cousin the Younger (French, Sens ca. 1522–1594 Paris)
  • Former Attribution: Jean Cousin the Elder (French, Souci (?) ca. 1490–ca. 1560 Paris (?))
  • Date: n.d.
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
  • Dimensions: 9 15/16 x 15 5/16 in. (25.2 x 38.9 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1961
  • Object Number: 61.24
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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