Adoration of the Shepherds, Gerrit (AKA Gerard) van Honthorst; link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project, downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons. I love this kind of nativity scene, in which the painter has represented the infant as the source of light. Special effects! Read More …
Paolo Veronese: Adoration of the Magi and Adoration of the Shepherds. Two beautiful paintings by 16th century master Paolo Veronese, though the kings seem to get a lot more attention here than the shepherds (much as in life, I suppose). Veronese did several paintings of Read More …
The Adoration of the Shepherds, Matthias Stom (also called Stomer); oil on canvas, I don’t have size information; link is to zoomable image on Google Art Project, high-res downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Palazzo Madama, Turin. Stom was a 17th century Read More …
Adoration of the Magi, Peter Paul Rubens Link is to Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Royal Museum Antwerp. 17th century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens’ multi-faceted penchant for drama is in evidence here, in the pyramidal arrangement of the figures — topped of by Read More …
The Adoration of the Shepherds, Rembrandt Harmenz van Rijn Etching and drypoint, roughly 6 x 8 inches (15 x 20 cm); in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. There is also a version on Google Art Project. Here we see another example of Rembrandt’s uncanny mastery Read More …
Adoration of the Shepherds, Nicolas Maes Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Getty Museum. The Getty’s version of the image looks dark to me, as often seems to be the case with museums’ Read More …