| Adoration of the Shepherds | |
| Artist: | Jean-Honoré Fragonard |
| Year: | 1775 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 73 |
| Width Metric: | 93 |
| Museum: | Louvre |
| City: | Paris |
Adoration of the Shepherds is an oil on canvas painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, from 1775. It was previously misattributed to François Boucher.[1] It was donated to the Louvre in 1988.[2] [3]
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 reliigous love.