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Painting of shepherds with cattle and a goat on a dark hillside, with angels in the clouds above, in loose, painterly brushwork.

Annunciation to the Shepherds

A dark, painterly night scene with angels glowing in clouds above a rocky hillside. Shepherds in pale robes and a hat sit and kneel beside cattle, a goat, and a sheep, with a woman in a white wrap at right. Loose, broad brushwork in oil on canvas.

Artist
After Jacopo Bassano
Date
c. 1710
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2106 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1715).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection