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GOES, Hugo van der: The Adoration of the Shepherds

🖼 The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1476-79
Oil on wood
253 × 304 cm
Florence, Italy

Intimate candlelight illuminates the holy family amid Flemish realism—shepherds crowd close, their weathered faces rendered with psychological depth. Van der Goes revolutionized religious narrative by elevating humble figures to spiritual equals, reshaping Northern Renaissance devotional art.

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