id:			143644
accession number:	1968.100
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Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1650. Bernardo Cavallino (Italian, 1616–1656). Oil on canvas; framed: 151 x 172 x 7 cm (59 7/16 x 67 11/16 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 126.8 x 148.3 cm (49 15/16 x 58 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1968.100

title:				Adoration of the Shepherds
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creation date:			c. 1650
creation date earliest:		1645
creation date latest:		1655
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	Italy, 17th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Italian 16th & 17th Century
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Bernardo Cavallino (Italian, 1616–1656)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 151 x 172 x 7 cm (59 7/16 x 67 11/16 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 126.8 x 148.3 cm (49 15/16 x 58 3/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed left on ox: "BC [monogram]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1968
	opening date:   1969-01-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1968</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

	title:		Painting in Naples from Caravaggio to Giordano
	opening date:   1982-10-02T04:00:00
	<i>Painting in Naples from Caravaggio to Giordano</i>. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (October 2-December 12, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Year in Review, CMA 1968: (CMA Bulletin: January 1969, no. 60, repr.)<br>When Angels bent near the Earth to touch their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story, CMA, Dec 1, 1981 - Jan 10, 1982:, no cat.<br>Painting in Naples, 1606 - 1705.  From Caravaggio to Giordano, London, Royal Academy of Arts, Oct 2 - Dec 12, 1982:, cat. no. 35, repr. and pp. 145-147, 250; [Italian edition: cat. no. 36, repr., and pp. 166, 167, 271].<br>Bernardo Cavallino of Naples, 1616-1656, CMA, Nov 14 - Dec 30, 1984;  Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Jan 26 - Mar 24, 1985;  Naples, Italy, Museo Pignatelli Cortes, Apr 24- June 26, 1985: cat. no. 79, repr.  [Italian edition, cat. no. 45, repr.].

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PROVENANCE

	Marquis de Villette, Château de Villette, Oise;
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	Jean Baptiste Angiot, Paris (sale: Hotel Drouot, Paris, March 1-2, 1875, cat. no. 41, as Benedetto Castiglione);
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	private collection, Buenos Aires;
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	[Frederick Mont, New York], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968.
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wall description:
Cavallino worked in Naples where he was not well known during his lifetime, but was alert to the work of contemporaries whose innovations he transformed with extraordinary delicacy and charm. The adoration of the shepherds is a traditional subject, but here Cavallino shows it in a new light. The focus is on Mary, indicating that she alone is aware of the angels who flutter above with ribbons proclaiming <em>Gloria in Excelsis Deo</em> (Glory to God in the highest). Joseph and the shepherds stolidly regard the child, but the sweetness of Mary's expression simultaneously reveals her love, pride, and humility.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 117
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n141

	Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler. "Bernardo Cavallino: Adoration of the Shepherds." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 56, no. 4 (April 1969): 136-50.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 138, fig. 4; p. 142, fig. 10; p. 143, fig. 12b, p. 148-149; Mentioned: P. 136-150
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152269

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 137
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n157

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	page number: 	Reproduced; p. 328; Mentioned: p. 329
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	Schloder, John E. <em>Baroque Imagery</em>. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1984.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 15-17
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