The Adoration of the Shepherds

Catena (Vincenzo di Biagio)

probably after 1520 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

Catena’s painting was inspired by the artists with whom he was in closest contact. First among these was his friend the great Venetian painter Giorgione, but there are also allusions in his work to Albrecht Dürer and Giovanni Bellini. Painted about 1520, the Adoration has great charm, but must have already seemed old-fashioned in its approach to composition and the handling of paint in light of the work of Titian.

Artist

Catena (Vincenzo di Biagio)

Date

probably after 1520

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Purchase, Mrs. Charles S. Payson Gift, Gwynne Andrews Fund, special funds, and other gifts and bequests, 1969