Adoration of the Shepherds

Adoration of the Shepherds is a Religious painting created by Peter Paul Rubens in 1608, exemplifying the dynamic energy of the Baroque style. This oil on canvas depicts the biblical scene of shepherds witnessing the infant Jesus, capturing intense emotion and dramatic lighting characteristic of Baroque art. Now housed in the Pinacoteca civica in Fermo, Italy, the work was rediscovered in the early 20th century by art historian Roberto Longhi, who identified it as the painting known as La notte in 1607.