Early Renaissance Night Scene

 Its December which means Christmas pictures ! But you know I try to find something different.

This Taddeo painting shows the Angels speaking to the Shepherds by night.

Bear in mind looking at this that it is not an oil painting. The artist had to get the tones down in one session with no over painting. Yet given this is an early renaissance work note the tones suggesting an unearthly heavenly light and the details including the dog the herders cudgel the other herder shading his eyes from the sudden light and despite this being a night scene the dark sky rendered with very little use of black . In fact there's more black on the sheep!