Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds

The Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds was an anonymous master active in Naples, around 1620–1640.^[1] The Master's body of work was first identified by August L Mayer in the 1920s and connected to a group of works depicting the Annunciation to the Shepherds, with notable examples in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples.^[2]

Annunciation to the Shepherds, c.1630, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham.

Annunciation to the Shepherds, c.1630, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples.

Gallery

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  A sense of hearing, a man playing a lute
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  A man playing a guitar
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  Adoration of the Magi
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  Saint John the Baptist as the Good Shepherd

References

1. "Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds". Oxford Art Online.
2. "Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds". Sotheby's Fine Art Auctions.

External links

• 4 artworks by or after Master of the Annunciation to the Shepherds at the Art UK site
• http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/old-master-paintings-n08952/lot.49.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072426/http://www.nationalgallery.ie/en/Collection/Irelands_Favourite_Painting/Caravaggio/Final_Master_of_the_Annunciation.aspx