Andrea Mantegna / The Adoration of the Shepherds / shortly after 1450

Andrea Mantegna
The Adoration of the Shepherds
shortly after 1450
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Creator Name: Mantegna, Andrea
Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: Italian, Paduan, born no later than 1430, died 1506
Creator Name-CRT: Andrea Mantegna
Title: The Adoration of the Shepherds
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1440
Creation End Date: 1506
Creation Date: shortly after 1450
Object Type: Paintings
Materials and Techniques: Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood
Dimensions: Overall 15 3/4 x 21 7/8 in. (40 x 55.6 cm); painted surface 14 7/8 x 21 in. (37.8 x 53.3 cm)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 32.130.2
Credit Line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1932
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Context:

Mantegna, one of the prodigies of Italian painting, had already established his reputation by the age of eighteen. This work must have been painted when he was in his early twenties, and it already shows the painter's astonishing descriptive gifts fully developed. It may have been commissioned by Borso d'Este, duke of Ferrara, and its style seems to be a response to the ideas of his court humanists, who admired detailed description. Although slightly cut down on the right side, and transferred from wood to canvas, the painting is in excellent condition.

AMICA ID: MMA_.32.130.2
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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