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''Adoration of the Shepherds'' is an oil on panel painting by Parmigianino, executed ''c.'' 1521–1522, now in a private collection. The work was rediscovered by Gould in 1992 and a year later was exhibited at the Kunsthaus Zürich. Like '' Nativity'' (
''Adoration of the Shepherds'' is an oil on panel painting by Parmigianino, executed ''c.'' 1521–1522, now in a private collection. The work was rediscovered by Gould in 1992 and a year later was exhibited at the Kunsthaus Zürich. Like '' Nativity'' (Courtauld Gallery
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), it was identified as a work of the artist's youth, whilst he was still strongly influenced by Correggio, an influence which only faded after 1524.
A preparatory drawing for the Madonna, angels and Joseph survives in a London private collection and was exhibited in Washington and Parma, also showing the influence of Correggio, whilst the two rams and a lamb in the bottom left may be a tribute to the bucranium in that painter's Camera di San Paolo. Another drawing in the Cleveland Museum of Art (inv. 24–10003) may be a first idea for the composition, later elaborated. Mario Di Giampaolo and Elisabetta Fadda, ''Parmigianino'', Keybook, Santarcangelo di Romagna 2002.
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