The Adoration of the Shepherds by Lucas Cranach the Elder

Nativity scene with Mary and Joseph kneeling by the manger, an ox and donkey, putti, and shepherds at a wall above.

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A nativity scene shows the Virgin Mary kneeling in prayer beside the Christ child in a manger, with Saint Joseph kneeling in red robes at right. Ox and donkey stand at left, while winged putti surround the manger and a cloud of infant heads fills the upper left. Shepherds peer over a stone wall at the upper right, watched by an angel with a banner. Attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder, dated 1540.

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1540

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