Adoration of the Shepherds is an oil on canvas painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, from 1775. It was previously misattributed to François Boucher. It was donated to the Louvre in 1988.
It is sometimes considered as a pendant to the far more secular The Bolt, as both works were commissioned by Louis-Gabriel Véri-Raionard, marquis de Véri (1722–1785). Fragonard suggested its subject, showing his wish to revive religious art and illustrate contrasts between contemporary carnal love and sacred religious love.
See also List of works by Fragonard
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