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Adoration of the Shepherds

Technical Details
  • Title
    Adoration of the Shepherds
  • Author
    Altobello Melone
  • Year
    1519 - 20
  • Dimensions
    cm 148 x 182
  • Inventory
    5509

This fresco, which was damaged – especially in its upper part – when it was transferred onto canvas, may come from the former convent of the Colomba in Cremona. Altobello Melone is likely to have painted it  sometime after completing his crucial work in Cremona cathedral. He interprets the Adoration, a religious subject, in a popular vein, strongly characterising his figures and focusing the light on the foreshortened body of the Christ Child.

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