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GOSSART, Jan: The Adoration of the Shepherds

🖼 The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1520s
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-blue ink
110 × 83 cm
Berlin, Germany

Luminous figures gather around the Christ child in a rustic stable, rendered with meticulous detail and Northern light. Gossart fuses Flemish precision with Italian Renaissance forms, creating an intimate religious scene that bridges medieval devotion and humanistic warmth.

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E. H. Gombrich
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