The Adoration of the Shepherds

Artwork: The Adoration of the Shepherds

Artist: El Greco

Created: 1596 – 1600

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 364 x 137 cm

Location: European Art Gallery

Photo: @art_love_enjoy_life Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541 – 1614), most widely known as El Greco, was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. The Adoration of the Shepherds was part of the high altar of the Dona María de Aragón collegiate church in Madrid. The scene of the painting is set at night, and on the lower part of artwork features the secular while the upper half represents the Divine world, angels singing songs of praise to the Lord. El Greco focuses on the moment when shepherds kneel in front of the infant Jesus, venerating Him. The white lamb, the gift they brought Him, foretells Christ’s sacrifice.

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