
Adoration of the Shepherds
Catalogue
- Year
- 1595
- Dimensions
- 32.9 × 21 cm (13 × 8 5/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Pietro da Cortona
Artist

Painting
Pietro da Cortona was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important designer of interior decorations.
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Record
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- Pietro da Cortona
- Year
- 1595
- Dimensions
- 32.9 × 21 cm (13 × 8 5/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1595-117145
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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