Adoration of the Shepherds
Relief
1638 (made)
1638 (made)
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This marble relief depicts the adoration of the shepherds, in a frame of boxwood and other woods. In the middle, the Virgin Mary reclines watching the baby Jesus who lies in a basket-work crib before her, while at her feet an angel kneels and a shepherd looks over her right shoulder. To the right there is a shepherd approaching with his dog while behind him while another feeds the ox and ass from a manger. On the left a shepherd is shown kneeling at the head of the crib while another stands behind him and above there are rays issuing from a semicricle of clouds in which fly two putti.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Adoration of the Shepherds (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Alabaster |
| Brief description | Alabaster relief depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds, by C G Brenck the younger, German, 1638 |
| Physical description | Alabaster relief, depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds, in a frame of boxwood and other woods. In the middle, the Virgin reclines watching the Child who lies in a basket-work crib before her; at her feet kneels an angel while one shepherd looks over her right shoulder; to the right a shepherd approaches with his dog while behind him another feeds the ox and ass from a manger; to the left a shepherd kneels at the head of the crib while another stands behind him. Above there are rays issuing from a semicricle of clouds in which fly two putti. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | GBW (George Brenck the Younger used the same monogram signature as his father. However, the date of 1638 confirms that it refers here to the son, as the father died in 1635.)
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| Gallery label | HOUSE ALTAR
German (Franconia); signed and dated 1638
Marble in a frame of boxwood and other woods
By George Brenk the Younger (b. 1593)
Purchased under the Bequest of Captain H.B. Murray
The three reliefs depicting the Annunciation, the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Coronation of the Virgin with the cherubs are set in an elaborate frame which reflects the style of large altarpieces produced by Brenk the Younger in Franconia.
(1993 - 2011) |
| Credit line | Purchased under the Bequest of Captain H. B. Murray. |
| Object history | Bought from Baron Nettelbladt, Glassenbury Park, Cranbrook, Kent, by whom it was acquired from David Reiling, Mainz. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This marble relief depicts the adoration of the shepherds, in a frame of boxwood and other woods. In the middle, the Virgin Mary reclines watching the baby Jesus who lies in a basket-work crib before her, while at her feet an angel kneels and a shepherd looks over her right shoulder. To the right there is a shepherd approaching with his dog while behind him while another feeds the ox and ass from a manger. On the left a shepherd is shown kneeling at the head of the crib while another stands behind him and above there are rays issuing from a semicricle of clouds in which fly two putti. |
| Bibliographic reference | cf. Bruhns, M. Wurzburger Bildhauer. 1923. pp.427-446. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.14-1933 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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