id: 143644 accession number: 1968.100 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.100 updated: 2025-08-23 14:53:22.879000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1650 creation date earliest: 1645 creation date latest: 1655 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, 17th century technique: oil on canvas department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: P - Italian 16th & 17th Century type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Bernardo Cavallino (Italian, 1616–1656) - artist --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed left on ox: "BC [monogram]" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review for 1968 opening date: 1969-01-29T05:00:00 Year in Review for 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969). title: When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story opening date: 1981-12-01T05:00:00 When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982). title: Painting in Naples from Caravaggio to Giordano opening date: 1982-10-02T04:00:00 Painting in Naples from Caravaggio to Giordano. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (October 2-December 12, 1982). title: Bernardo Cavallino of Naples, 1616-1656 opening date: 1984-11-14T05:00:00 Bernardo Cavallino of Naples, 1616-1656. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 14-December 30, 1984); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (January 26-March 24, 1985); Museo Pignatelli Cortes, Napoli, Italy (April 24-June 26, 1985). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Marquis de Villette, Château de Villette, Oise date: footnotes: citations: Jean Baptiste Angiot, Paris (sale: Hotel Drouot, Paris, March 1-2, 1875, cat. no. 41, as Benedetto Castiglione) date: -1875 footnotes: citations: Private Collection, Buenos Aires date: 1875-1968 footnotes: citations: [Frederick Mont, New York], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968 date: 1968 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio date: 1968- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Chez Didot. 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