Adoration Of The Shepherds

The painting depicts the nativity of Jesus and the adoration by the shepherds, gathered around the manger. On the sides, the Virgin and Saint Joseph contemplate the Child while the shepherds are depicted in a prayerful attitude. Two angels are depicted in flight in the upper part of the composition holding a scroll with the writing "Gloria in excelsis Deo". The details of the environment are essential and the composition is deliberately dark, ensuring that the only source of light is the little Jesus who radiates divine light on those present.