DrawingsItalian16th-17th century

The Adoration of the Shepherds

c. 1565

Artists

Santi di TitoArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on faded blue antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24 × 20 cm (9 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Emmanuel Moatti, Paris, sold to Vermeer Associates Limited, 1994. see catalogue, "Old Master Drawings," exhibition at Jack Kilgore & Co., Inc., New York, May 6 - 21, 1994, no. 9, repr. Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, Canada, acquired from Emmanuel Moatti, Paris, 1994, purchased by HUAM, 1996.

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