by Artist (3)
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Domenikos Theotokopoulos (AKA El Greco; Kryiakos Theotokopoulos), Spanish (born Greece), (1541–April 7, 1614)
Creation date:
ca. 1576-1577
Creation place:
Spain
Other Information
Type:
Oil Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on copper
Credit Line:
Museum purchase and gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam, by exchange
Accession Number:
1990.104
State/Province:
Toledo
Dimensions:
9 1/2 in. x 7 3/4 in. (24.13 cm x 19.69 cm)
Currently on view
Provenance
Zacharie Astruc,
Paris, France
( - April 1878)
Sedelmeir Gallery, Paris, France ( - 1892)
Piero Corsini, Inc., New York, New York (1986 - December 1, 1990)
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (December 1, 1990 - )
Sedelmeir Gallery, Paris, France ( - 1892)
Piero Corsini, Inc., New York, New York (1986 - December 1, 1990)
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (December 1, 1990 - )
Label Copy
Exhibition
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
Important Old Master Paintings: Discoveries ... In una Nuova Luce Piero Corsini, Inc. , 4/20/1988 - 5/20/1988
El Greco's Italian Period and Influences in his Work University of Crete , 9/17/1995 - 12/31/1995
Mannerism, Art after Perfection Museo Nacional de San Carlos , 12/5/2013 - 6/1/2014
Art of Devotion The San Diego Museum of Art , 1/28/2016 - 00/00/00
Art and Empire: The Golden Age of Spain The San Diego Museum of Art , 5/18/2019 - 9/2/2019
El Greco: Ambition and Defiance , 3/7/2020 - 9/7/2020
Important Old Master Paintings: Discoveries ... In una Nuova Luce Piero Corsini, Inc. , 4/20/1988 - 5/20/1988
El Greco's Italian Period and Influences in his Work University of Crete , 9/17/1995 - 12/31/1995
Mannerism, Art after Perfection Museo Nacional de San Carlos , 12/5/2013 - 6/1/2014
Art of Devotion The San Diego Museum of Art , 1/28/2016 - 00/00/00
Art and Empire: The Golden Age of Spain The San Diego Museum of Art , 5/18/2019 - 9/2/2019
El Greco: Ambition and Defiance , 3/7/2020 - 9/7/2020
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
Julie Dunn, ed. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 136, Figure Number: 136
Terisio Pignatti. O ∏kpeko: Ayhna. Athens, Greece, 1995
Page Number: 384-387, Figure Number: 51, 51 (detail)
Terisio Pignatti. O ∏kpeko: Ayhna. Athens, Greece, 1995
Page Number: 546-547, Figure Number: 51
Robert Barry Simon. Important Old Master Paintings: Piero Corsini, Inc.. New York, New York, April 20, 1988-May 20, 1988
Page Number: 67-72, Figure Number: 12
William B. Jordan. Copper as Canvas: Oxford University Press. New York, New York, 1998
Page Number: 197, 199 note 3
Mr. Steven Kern. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2003
Page Number: 110, Figure Number: 110
Nicos Hadjinicolaou. The Origins of El Greco Icon Painting in Venetian Crete Alexander s. Onassis Public event foundation. New York, 2009
Page Number: 34, Figure Number: 5
Marco Antonio Silva Barón. Manierismo: El Arte Después de la Perfección Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes: Museum Nacional de San Carlos. Mexico, 2014
Page Number: 48-49, Figure Number: 13
Julie Dunn, ed. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 136, Figure Number: 136
Terisio Pignatti. O ∏kpeko: Ayhna. Athens, Greece, 1995
Page Number: 384-387, Figure Number: 51, 51 (detail)
Terisio Pignatti. O ∏kpeko: Ayhna. Athens, Greece, 1995
Page Number: 546-547, Figure Number: 51
Robert Barry Simon. Important Old Master Paintings: Piero Corsini, Inc.. New York, New York, April 20, 1988-May 20, 1988
Page Number: 67-72, Figure Number: 12
William B. Jordan. Copper as Canvas: Oxford University Press. New York, New York, 1998
Page Number: 197, 199 note 3
Mr. Steven Kern. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2003
Page Number: 110, Figure Number: 110
Nicos Hadjinicolaou. The Origins of El Greco Icon Painting in Venetian Crete Alexander s. Onassis Public event foundation. New York, 2009
Page Number: 34, Figure Number: 5
Marco Antonio Silva Barón. Manierismo: El Arte Después de la Perfección Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes: Museum Nacional de San Carlos. Mexico, 2014
Page Number: 48-49, Figure Number: 13
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