L'adoration des bergers

Gauvain, Jacques (1501-1547) (follower or school of)

Gourmont, Jean de, the elder (died after 1557) (formerly attributed to)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1525

Height:

94.0 cm  (37 in.)

Width:

116.0 cm  (45 11/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on wood

Additional titles

Description

A depiction of the Nativity with the adoration of the shepherds. In the right foreground a musician playing the hurdy-gurdy; upper right, a putti playing portative organ; upper center putti playing sackbut, viola da gamba, and flute. Other figures with unidentifiable instruments.

Iconclass

73B25(+3)
adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds; Mary and Joseph present (+ angel(s))

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Portative organ [2267]
Viola da gamba [3604]
Sackbut (trombone) [4364]
Hurdy-gurdy [3305]
Transverse flute [4093]

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

4481