The Adoration of the Shepherds

Benjamin West, 1805

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Artist: Benjamin West ¹
Date: 1805 ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash and blue gouache heightened with white on wove paper mounted to board ¹
Original: 4,607 × 3,595 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Julius S. Held Collection, Avalon Fund

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