L'Adoration des Bergers (The Adoration of the Shepherds)

Alphonse Legros, 1837 - 1911



L'Adoration des Bergers (The Adoration of the Shepherds)

Alphonse Legros 1837 - 1911

Summary

Nativity scene; the cloaked female figure of Mary is sat to the right holding the baby Jesus in her arms. A glow emanating from the infant lights up the shepherds kneeling and standing to the left.


Object Name

L'Adoration des Bergers (The Adoration of the Shepherds)

Creators Name

Alphonse Legros

Date Created

about 1870

Dimensions

plate: 35.9cm x 26cm
support: 42.9cm x 31.4cm

accession number

1882.85

Place of creation

Europe

Support

paper

Medium

ink (black)

Credit

Gifted by Alphonse Legros, 1881


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