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The Holy Night (Adoration of Shepherds)

ArtistCorreggio
Artist Info.Italy 1489-1534
Date1522-30
SubjectPainting
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Materialoil on wood and canvas
Dimensions256x188 cm
CollectionGermany, Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Alte Meister (Old Masters)
Inv. No.152
Saskia No.Lif-2256
SourceGombrich, The Story of Art, 16th ed., plate 215
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 23, plate 18
 Hartt, History of Italian Renaissance Art, 4th ed., chapter 18, plate 590