Painting of the Nativity: Mary in blue kneels by the infant Christ in a manger while men and angels gather in an arched stone interior with a comet in the sky.

The Adoration of the Shepherds (copy after Maerten de Vos)

A nativity scene in an arched stone interior: Mary in blue sits beside the newborn Christ in a manger, while an older man with a staff stands at left and robed companions gather around. A comet streaks across the sky through the arch, and a dog sits in the foreground. Oil on panel in a dark, warm palette.

Artist: copy after Maerten de Vos
Date: 1580-1699
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 3622 × 2658 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1699.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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