# Adoration of the Shepherds [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SAVOLDO, Giovanni Girolamo]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 180 x 127 cm ## Commentary Adoration of the Shepherds c. 1540 Oil on canvas, 180 x 127 cm San Giobbe, Venice After the angelic message, one shepherd prayerfully approaches the stable while the others peek in through the window, unable to apprehend the direct revelation of the Child. Like other versions of the same theme, this is a figurative representation of Isaiah's prophecy. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Bust of a Youth]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Head of a Bearded Man]() - [Head of a Man]() - [Head of a Woman with Eyes Closed]() - [Head of St Jerome]() - [Portrait of a Man in Armour \(known as Gaston de Foix}]() - [Shepherd with a Flute]() - [St Anthony Abbot and St Paul]() - [St Jerome \(detail\)]() - [St Jerome]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()