Spanish school; c. 1600.

Spanish school; c. 1600.
"Adoration of the shepherds".
Oil on canvas.
It has slight retouches on the pictorial surface.
Measurements: 88 x 58,5 cm.
In this canvas we see a very repeated theme throughout the History of Art, the adoration of the shepherds. The scene is approached from a naturalistic point of view, full of eloquent gestures but without a triumphalist character. We see the Child in a simple manger, protected by his mother and surrounded by the humble figures of the shepherds who kneel before him, characters taken from popular models, in no way idealized. The scene opens to the landscape through two openings. In one of them we can see the star that guides the magi, announcing their arrival, which has not yet taken place, and in the other we can see an angel with the legend "Gloria In Excelsis Deo".