The Adoration of the Shepherds: 2911

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Pen and brown ink, on paper

Inscription or legends present

• Text: No. 31. della Collezione del Bianconi / Pensiero d'Annibale per il Quadro / posseduteo (credo) dal re <?> di Francia ed / inciso da Pietro Santi Bartoli -- / -Bianconi -
• Location: Verso, old mount
• Method of creation: Ink

• Text: Annibale Carracci (18th C. hand)
• Location: Second backing sheet
• Method of creation: Ink

References and bibliographic entries

• Mss. list of the Old Master Drawings in the G.T.Clough gift page(s): 1
• Mostra dei Carracci. Disegni
• 'The Carracci Exhibition at Bologna' page(s): 398
• Annibale Carracci page(s): 45
• 'Review of Drawings by the Carracci from British Collections'

Related exhibitions

• Seventeenth Century Italian Drawings
• Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collections
• European Drawings from the Fitzwilliam
• Italian Old Master Drawings, c.1550-c.1620
• The Art of Drawing
• Drawings by the Carracci from British Collections
• Drawings of Annibale Carracci
• Italian Drawings: Highlights from the Collection

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2911
Primary reference Number: 7232
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Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints