The Nativity
Date1517
Modern PlaceItaly, Southern Europe, Europe
MediumStained glass: Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and sanguine
ClassificationsStained Glass
Dimensions66 × 106 inches (167.64 × 269.24 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund
Object number37.138
DescriptionRectangular panel. At lower left is a kneeling woman. At lower right is an infant flanked by two kneeling angels holding candlesticks. Standing male figure is seen behind the two angels. Each of the figures has a nimbus. Behind the woman are an ox and an ass whose bodies are cut off by the edge of the panel and are seen only from the shoulders forward. The scene is placed within a columned architectural setting which opens on a landscape at the top of the panel.On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Sculpture & Decorative, Gallery 7
ProvenanceCorazzi family, Cortona;
Unidentified owner, Rome;
Richard and Eleanor Mortimer, Tuxedo Park, New York.
1514
1444
c. 1480
1500/1510
1205/1215
1969