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This is an Annunciation to the Shepherds genre scene from the Grande Heures of Anne of Brittany, Queen of France. It was made ca. 1500-8 in either Tours or Paris and is currently located in the Bibliotheque Nationale Paris (MS. Lat. 9474, f. 68v). The scene shows three shepherds around a fire and two others in the background, all wearing some type of Shepherds Purse. There are attached tools or objects visible on most of them.
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Harthan, John. 1977. The Book of Hours. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York. p.130