Nativity

10th century (Medieval)

12.3 cm 13.5 cm 1 cm

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Set against the silhouette of a mountain, the Virgin rests beside the manger with the swaddled Christ Child. Three angels emerge from behind the mountain, one of whom announces the birth of Christ to the standing shepherd on the right. In the foreground, the infant receives h...

Sculpture

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Count Girolamo Possenti, Fabriano, before 1876, by purchase; Sale, Florence, April 1, 1880, no. 24; Count Gregoire Stroganoff (Grigorii Sergeevich Stroganov), Rome, before 1900, by purchase, his cat. 115.2; Henri Daguerre, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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