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.

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