Adoration of the Shepherds | Behind The Canvas

Behind the Canvas

When was the last time you actually sat down and meditated on the Nativity? That’s the point of the creche, right, to have it call you into that moment, to meditate and pray?

Today we’re going to look closely at the 1772 painting by Anton Raphael Mengs: The Adoration of the Shepherds.

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