The Adoration of the Shepherds

Workshop of the Master of the High Foreheads

probably early 16th century · Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This work was removed from a triptych assembled in nineteenth-century Paris from plaques of various origins. The overall style and the figures’ prominent foreheads are immediately recognizable as products of the master or his workshop, in distinct contrast to the gravity of the Annunciation figures by Nardon Pénicaud (recorded 1493–1541) that were mounted on either side of the plaque when Benjamin Altman acquired the triptych.

Artist

Workshop of the Master of the High Foreheads

Date

probably early 16th century

Medium

Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt

Culture

French, Limoges

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913