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Adoration of the Shepherds by Carlo Dolci, c. 1670, The Cleveland Museum of Art
Adoration of the Shepherds

Adoration of the Shepherds

Carlo Dolci (Italian, 1616–1687)

c. 1670 · oil on canvas · The Cleveland Museum of Art

For Christmas · 25 December

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About this painting

Our Lady lifts the white cloth, and there is the Child, bare, on the straw. An old shepherd kneels with a basket of eggs; a young one comes in with a lamb held at his shoulder, a lamb brought to the Lamb. Saint Joseph sits close by. The Cleveland Museum of Art's note, by Charles Eppley, calls the scene the shepherds' witness account of the birth of Christ, and says Carlo Dolci dismissed many Baroque trends as superfluous, keeping an unobtrusive, placid style, a devout follower of the brotherhood of St Benedict. He was slow and meticulous, London's National Gallery adds. The basket is set down beside the manger.

Sources: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 'Adoration of the Shepherds', Carlo Dolci, acc. 1968.22, description (print view, with author credit). · The Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access API, record 1968.22. · The National Gallery, London, artist page, Carlo Dolci. · Luke 2:12-17, Douay-Rheims (Challoner).

And they came with haste: and they found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.

Luke 2:16 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)

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The Record
Date c. 1670
Collection The Cleveland Museum of Art
Subject Adoration of the Shepherds
Season Christmas
Master 14,364 px
License PD/CC0
Attribution The Cleveland Museum of Art · 1968.22

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Carlo Dolci (Italian, 1616–1687)
Date c. 1670
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Framed: 108 x 90.2 x 7.7 cm (42 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 3 1/16 in.); Unframed: 88.6 x 70.5 cm (34 7/8 x 27 3/4 in.)
Holding The Cleveland Museum of Art · 1968.22

Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.

The file this print is made from

Source 1968.22_full.tif
Master 14,364 px on the long edge
Rights PD/CC0 — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistCarlo Dolci (Italian, 1616–1687)
Datec. 1670
MuseumThe Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession1968.22
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 108 x 90.2 x 7.7 cm (42 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 3 1/16 in.); Unframed: 88.6 x 70.5 cm (34 7/8 x 27 3/4 in.)
Sheet sizes8×10 in, 11×14 in, 16×20 in, 18×24 in, 24×36 in, 32×48 in, 40×60 in
Provenance of the file
Held byThe Cleveland Museum of Art · 1968.22 the museum’s record
Source filethe Cleveland Museum of Art’s own open-access file
Licencepublic domain; the file released under CC0
Master11,468 × 14,364 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s own open-access file on 1 September 2026; held as our print master.

The sheets

8×10 in sheet 8×10 in · image 8×10 in · archival margin · 1436 dpi
11×14 in sheet 11×14 in · image 11×13.8 in · archival margin · 1043 dpi
16×20 in sheet 16×20 in · image 16×20 in · archival margin · 718 dpi
18×24 in sheet 18×24 in · image 18×22.5 in · archival margin · 637 dpi
24×36 in sheet 24×36 in · image 24×30.1 in · archival margin · 478 dpi
32×48 in sheet 32×48 in · image 32×40.1 in · archival margin · 358 dpi
40×60 in sheet 40×60 in · image 40×50.1 in · archival margin · 287 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 14,364 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.