# Adoration of the Shepherds

**Unknown artist**  
c. 1500  
oil on wood  
Framed: 63 x 51 x 7.8 cm (24 13/16 x 20 1/16 x 3 1/16 in.); Unframed: 41.5 x 29.8 cm (16 5/16 x 11 3/4 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.782. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.782).

## About this work

An unrecorded Northern Italy, late 15th-early 16th Century artist painted this in about 1500. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Northern Italy, late 15th-early 16th Century
- Real size: about 16 × 12 in (42 × 30 cm). The 12 × 16 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 15th century
- Movement: [Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/renaissance)
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/472.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/472/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/adoration-of-the-shepherds-cma-97143).