Adoration of the Shepherds (Parmigianino)

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Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1521–1522) by Parmigianino

Adoration of the Shepherds is an oil on panel painting 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.[1]

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