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Adoration
of the Shepherds
c. 1510
poplar, 91 x 115 cm
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Adoration in Vienna is part of a group of four paintings named after
the so-called Allendale Adoration now in the Kress Collection in
the National Gallery in Washington. Although scholars in the first half
of the 20th century suggested various artists for the Allendale group,
the paintings were generally attributed either to Giorgione, the young
Titian, or the young Sebastiano. Recently a scientific analysis of the
underdrawing of the Allendale paintings in Washington was undertaken.
It shows that all four paintings in the group were the work of one and
the same painter, and that that painter was Giorgione - he executes his
underdrawings in characteristically fluent brushstrokes and frequently
also in thick lines.
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