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Andrea Mantegna

The Adoration of the Shepherds

shortly after 1450
Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood
40 × 55.6 cm (15.7 × 21.9 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 606

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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