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Gilded panel painting of the Nativity: Mary in blue kneels left, Joseph in red kneels right, the infant Christ in a manger with oxen and an angel above.

The Nativity

A gilded panel shows the Virgin Mary kneeling in blue at left and Saint Joseph kneeling in red at right, before the Christ Child lying in a manger with a haloed glow. Two oxen peer over the manger beneath a golden angel announcing the birth in a rocky, stylized landscape.

Artist
Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni)
Date
ca. 1406–10
Medium
Tempera and gold on wood
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3811 × 2544 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1415).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Español: La Natividad, temple y oro sobre madera

Un panel dorado muestra a la Virgen María arrodillada de azul a la izquierda y a san José arrodillado de rojo a la derecha, ante el Niño Jesús recostado en un pesebre con un resplandor de halo. Dos bueyes asoman sobre el pesebre bajo un ángel dorado en un paisaje rocoso y estilizado.

Português: A Natividade, têmpera e ouro sobre madeira

Um painel dourado mostra a Virgem Maria ajoelhada de azul à esquerda e São José ajoelhado de vermelho à direita, diante do Menino Jesus deitado numa manjedoura com um brilho de auréola. Dois bois espreitam sobre a manjedoura sob um anjo dourado, em uma paisagem rochosa e estilizada.

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