The Adoration of the Shepherds
c. 1680/1690
Giovanni Battista Merano
Artist, Italian, 1632 - 1698
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Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 31 × 21 cm (12 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
mount: 33.7 × 23.4 cm (13 1/4 × 9 3/16 in.) -
Accession
2021.17.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Santo Varni [1807 - 1885] Genoa (Lugt 3531). Private collection, Venice; (Il Bulino Antiche Stampe di Matteo Crespi, Milan); purchased 2021 by NGA.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by later hand, upper left in brown ink: Piola. Domenico; by later hand, lower left on mount in brown ink: n. 67 Coll.ne S. Varni