The Adoration of the Shepherds

1678. Oil on canvas.
On display elsewhere

The painter seems to have used some Italianate print, typical of late Mannerism, thus resulting in a somewhat old-fashioned composition given the date it was painted. The work is also an example of the colour scheme often employed by the artist, who always used a very sober palette of muted, greyish tones, very different from that favoured by his contemporaries in Madrid, which was always lively and vibrant, in contrast to Van de Pere´s dominant greyish, leaden tones. On this occasion, the artist returned to his usual way of depicting people, thin, with small round heads and tousled hair, triangular and pointed profiles and dressed in fabrics with very noticeable folds. Lastly, a spindle-shaped sensation can be perceived in their bodies.

This is, on the whole, a superficial work, inclined toward the decorative or the superficially iconographic rather than the creative. Its original provenance is unknown. Nevertheless, as it was part of the collections of Museo de la Trinidad, and was undoubtedly painted for a convent in Madrid.

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Inventory number

P005750

Author

Antonio van de Pere

Title

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Date

1678

Technique

Oil

Support

Canvas

Dimension

Width: 131 cm; Height: 185 cm

Provenance

Museo de la Trinidad

Bibliography +

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Antonio van de Pere, Archivo español de arte y arqueología, 1966, pp. 308-316.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas (II). Museo de la Trinidad, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1991.

Pintores del Reinado de Carlos II, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1996, pp. 64.

Orihuela, M.; Cenalmor, E., El Prado Disperso. Obras depositadas en Zamora y Burgos, Boletín del Museo del Prado, XXVI, 2008, pp. 91-110.

Other inventories +

Inv. Museo de la Trinidad, Pintura. Núm. 756.
756. / La adoración de pastores en primer termino se ve una pastora arrodillada ofreciendo una cesta de huevos y un pastor también arrodilado qe ofrece un cordero figs mitad del nat.l y cuerpo entº / fdo Antonio vandepere 1678 / Rdo alto 1,84 1/2 ancho 1,30 1/2 / Id.id.id. / Nº 20 / S.B

Catálogo Museo de la Trinidad, 1865. Núm. 756.
ADICIONES. / 756. El Nacimiento del Hijo de Dios. / Lienzo. - Al. 1,85. - An. 1,315. - Fig. m. n. / Escuela Madrileña. - Firmado, Antonio Vandepere fct. 1673. / Sobre las escaleras de un pórtico arrimado el Niño Jesus echado sobre un lienzo blanco sostenido por la Vírgen, alrededor S. José y varios pastores ofreciendo regalos.

Inscriptions +

ANTONIO VAN DE PERE, / FA. AÑO DE 1678
Signed and dated. Front, lower central area

Exhibitions +

Pintores del reinado de Carlos II
Toledo
11.04.1997 - 11.05.1997

Pintores del reinado de Carlos II
Sevilla
28.02.1997 - 06.04.1997

Pintores del reinado de Carlos II
Murcia
24.01.1997 - 23.02.1997

Pintores del reinado de Carlos II
Valencia
20.12.1996 - 19.01.1997

Pintores del reinado de Carlos II
Zaragoza
15.11.1996 - 15.12.1996

Pintores del reinado de Carlos II
Pamplona
11.10.1996 - 10.11.1996

Pintores del reinado de Carlos II
Vitoria
06.09.1996 - 06.10.1996

Pintores del reinado de Carlos II
Santander
17.05.1996 - 16.06.1996

Pintores del reinado de Carlos II
León
12.04.1996 - 12.05.1996

Pintores del reinado de Carlos II
Vigo
29.02.1996 - 31.03.1996

Location +

Zamora - Museo de Zamora (Deposit)

Update date: 18-02-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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