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The Adoration of the Shepherds with Saint Catherine of Alexandria

1599
Not on view
Cigoli, a painter of considerable intellectual accomplishment and a friend of the great scientist and astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), was the key artist in Florence in the late sixteenth century. This altarpiece was painted at the height of Cigoli’s career and introduced to Florentine painting a new emotional warmth and emphasis on color, based on the work of Barocci and Titian. Some of the details are taken directly from nature, such as the still life around the Christ Child and the rustic figures at the right. Cigoli’s work blends the study of nature with the work of the High Renaissance artists.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Adoration of the Shepherds with Saint Catherine of Alexandria
  • Artist: Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi) (Italian, Castello di Cigoli 1559–1613 Rome)
  • Date: 1599
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 121 3/8 x 76 1/4 in. (308.3 x 193.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gwynne Andrews Fund, 1991
  • Object Number: 1991.7
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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Drawing for Buontalenti's Model for the Facade of S. Maria del Fiore of Florence, Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi) Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and blue-green washes
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Bernardo Buontalenti (Bernardo delle Girandole)
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Standing Male Figure Holding a Sword (King Otto of Hungary; recto); Sketch of Standing Male Figure (verso), Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi) Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk; squared in pen and brown ink; accidental white paint stains (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
Standing Male Figure Holding a Sword (King Otto of Hungary; recto); Sketch of Standing Male Figure (verso)
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Religion Kneeling before a Monstrance, Attended by Putti, Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi) Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk
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Head of Christ, Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi) Italian, Oil paint on a sheet of paper that had previous writing by the artist in pen and brown ink (surface varnished)
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Study for a Male Figure Lowered into a Grave (recto); Kneeling Female Figure in Profile to Left (verso), Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi) Italian, Point of brush and blue wash, heightened with white, over black chalk, on blue paper
Study for a Male Figure Lowered into a Grave (recto); Kneeling Female Figure in Profile to Left (verso)
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