Kneeling Shepherd, with an Ox and a Mule

Second half of the XVI century.
Not on display

Although formerly placed as anonymous Italian sixteenth century, this seems a characteristic study by Samacchini. It was made for a composition of the adoration of the shepherds.

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Kneeling Shepherd, with an Ox and a Mule

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Inventory number: D001619
Author: Samacchini, Orazio
Title: Kneeling Shepherd, with an Ox and a Mule
Date: Second half of the XVI century
Dimension: Height: 118 mm; Width: 97 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931; I. Brun</br></br>

Bibliography +

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de dibujos. Dibujos italianos del siglo XVI (por Nicholas Turner, con la colaboración de José Manuel Matilla), V, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 385.

Turner, Nicholas, From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci. A century of Italian drawings from the Prado, Art Services International, Chicago, 2008, pp. 385.