"Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds" ----------
Flemish School after Pieter Paul Rubens ----------
Oil on canvas ----------
Period 17th century ------------
Canvas size 99 x 76 cm frame 116 x 94 cm ----------
Excellent condition ----------
This beautiful 17th-century Flemish canvas immediately impresses with its splendid colors, with particularly bright tones and accentuated luminosity, despite being a scene set at night and indoors.
It is one of the most fascinating and pleasant compositions in ancient painting, depicted in countless variations by the great Masters of all over Europe.
Particular attention to the happy moment of the Birth of Christ and the coming of the Shepherds was paid by the best Neapolitan painters of the 17th century and by the most famous Flemish authors, even in previous eras.
Our canvas derives from a famous painting by Paul Pieter Rubens which was hugely successful and was replicated by many minor authors to satisfy the great demand due to its captivating beauty.
The rich chromatism and the precise combination of warm colors, but above all the marked use of chiaroscuro, create an excellent three-dimensional effect giving a remarkable plasticity to the scene.
The excellent state of conservation allows a perfect reading of the painting which possesses all the requirements to transmit pleasant sensations.
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