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The Adoration of the Shepherds

early 16th–mid 16th century
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 28.8 x 22.3 cm (11 5/16 x 8 3/4 in.)(trimmed to the platemark)
Credit LineStephen Bullard Memorial Fund
Accession number46.5
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance18th century, John Barnard (d. 1784) London (Lugt 1419). George Hibbert (b. 1757 - d. 1837), London (Lugt 2849); April 17, 1809, Hibbert sale, London. Dr. Edward Peart (b. 1756/58 - d. 1824), London and Butterwick (Lugt 891); April 12, 1822, Peart sale, Christie's, London, to William Esdaile (b. 1758 - d. 1837), London (Lugt 2617); by 1824, from Esdaile to Richard Ford (b. 1796 - d. 1858), London (Lugt 937). Rev. John Griffith (b. 1806 - d. 1885), Oxford (Lugt 1464). John Postle Heseltine (b. 1843 - d. 1929), London (Lugt 1508). 1946, sold by Richard H. Zinser (dealer; b. 1884 - d. 1984; Lugt 5581), Forest Hills, NY, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 10, 1946)

NOTE: Unidentified collector ("pam"?)(not in Lugt).




Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
after 1580
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
late 16th–early 17th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
after 1628
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1569
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
late 16th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
late 16th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
late 16th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
late 16th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
about 1540-1570
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
mid 16th century
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
after 1585
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
about 1592–1615