The work represents the baby jesus being adored by the shepherds of bethlehem shortly after his birth. This canvas belongs to a series of twelve paintings about the life of jesus christ, with their original gilded frames, which come from the convent church of la merced calzada in valladolid. They have been attributed to the granada painter pedro atanasio bocanegra, at least since the 1843 inventory, and the attribution has not changed to the present. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: Segunda mitad del siglo XVII. Dimensions: height: 62 cm (24.4 in); width: 43.5 cm (17.1 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: National Sculpture Museum. Adoración de los pastores, de Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra (Museo Nacional de Escultura de Valladolid)
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