The Adoration of the Shepherdsshortly after 1450
Andrea Mantegna painted this (shortly after 1450), aged about 20. It is now at The Met in New York. More about this work
About this work
Andrea Mantegna painted this (shortly after 1450), aged about 20. It is now at The Met in New York.
How it was made
- Tempera
- Pigment bound with egg yolk. It dries in minutes and can’t be blended wet, so painters built up form with fine, hatched strokes. It was Europe’s main panel technique before oil.
Andrea Mantegna
Italian, 1430–1506 · Born in Isola di Carturo; died in Mantua.
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Met has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 32.130.2
- Credit
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Type
- Paintings
- Department
- European Paintings
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
