Adoration of the shepherds, 1777

Title

Adoration of the shepherds

Draughtsman

• Gottlieb Welté

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert oben rechts: G: Welté fec: 1777

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1867

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Joseph of Nazareth
• Shepherds
• Holy Family

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 2,8-20

Primary

• 73B25 adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present
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• 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket