The Adoration of the Shepherds

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Artist: Andrea Mantegna (Italian, Isola di Carturo 1430/31–1506 Mantua)
Date: shortly after 1450
Medium: Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood
Dimensions: Overall 15 3/4 x 21 7/8 in. (40 x 55.6 cm); painted surface 14 7/8 x 21 in. (37.8 x 53.3 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1932
Accession no.: 32.130.2

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.