Adoration of the Shepherds
Soon after Jesus was born, an angel appeared to a group of shepherds, announcing the news. The shepherds immediately set off for Bethlehem: "And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger." (Luke 2:16) Upon leaving they spread the news around the country.
For some reason the adoration of the shepherds has not been depicted as often as the adoration of the magi.
Related works of art:
Campin, Robert: The Birth of Christ (ca. 1425-30)
Caravaggio: The Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1609)
Giorgione: The Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1500)
Mantegna, Andrea: Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1451-53)
Rembrandt: The Adoration of the Shepherds (1646 [1]) (1646)
Rembrandt: The Adoration of the Shepherds (1646 [2]) (1646)
Rembrandt: The Adoration of the Shepherds (with the lamp) (c. 1654)
Schongauer, Martin: The Nativity (c. 1480)
Steen, Jan: Adoration of the shepherds (between 1660 and 1679)
Van der Goes, Hugo: The Adoration of the Shepherds (1476-1478)
Van Honthorst, Gerard: Adoration of the Shepherds (1622) (1622)
Van Limburg brothers: Announcement to the Shepherds (1408-09)
art