Adoration of the Shepherds (Ribera, Castellammare di Stabia)

Adoration of the Shepherds is an oil on canvas painting by the Spanish artist Jusepe de Ribera, executed c. 1650. It is now on display in the left transept of Santissima Maria Assunta and San Catello Co-Cathedral in Castellammare di Stabia.

Adoration of the Shepherds
ArtistJusepe de Ribera
Yearc.1650
Mediumoil on canvas
LocationSantissima Maria Assunta and San Catello Co-Cathedral, Castellammare di Stabia

It is almost identical to the artist's work on the same subject in Paris, apart that work being in portrait format and the Castellammare di Stabia work is in landscape format. Neither are securely dated and so it is unknown which is a copy of the other.[1]

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  1. ^ Giuseppe Zingone (ed.). "Le opere di Jusepe de Ribera a Castellammare di Stabia". Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
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