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MURILLO, Bartolomé Esteban: Adoration of the Shepherds

🖼 Adoration of the Shepherds, 1646-50
Oil on canvas
197 × 147 cm
St. Petersburg, Russia

Soft golden light bathes the humble stable scene as shepherds kneel in wonder around the infant Christ, rendered with Murillo's characteristic warmth and intimate devotion. This Baroque masterpiece epitomizes Spanish Counter-Reformation art, blending divine majesty with touching human emotion to inspire popular religious fervor.

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