GIUSEPPE VERMIGLIO | THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS

Private collection, France, circa 1990;

With Bob Haboldt, 2005.

Vermiglio's choice of copper for the support of this charming, small-scale representation of the Adoration is unusual within his œuvre. Little is known of Vermiglio's life, but he is recorded in Rome by 1604, when he was in the studio of an Adriano de Monteleone before returning to his native Piedmont before 1622. While in Rome his work was profoundly influenced by Caravaggio, but upon his return north, his style was more strongly influenced by Lombard and Bolognese masters such as Giulio Cesare Procaccini and Guido Reni.