Art, literature & history
The Nativity of Christ, with Shepherds and Kings in Adoration
ca. 1782–1844
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over red chalk
- Dimensions
- 7 x 9 1/2 in. (17.8 x 24.1 cm)
- Collection no.
- 1975.1.276
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Giuseppe Bernardino Bison. The Nativity of Christ, with Shepherds and Kings in Adoration. Giuseppe Bernardino Bison; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Robert Lehman Collection, 1975. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Nativity of Christ, with Shepherds and Kings in Adoration — Giuseppe Bernardino Bison. ca. 1782–1844.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over red chalk. Dimensions: 7 x 9 1/2 in. (17.8 x 24.1 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.