The Nativity

ca. 1517 (Renaissance)

51.6 cm 67.8 cm 1.2 cm

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The Virgin Mary kneels in adoration of the Christ Child who lies in a horse’s saddle that has been turned upside down and covered with a cloth and some hay. Joining in the adoration are Saint Joseph (behind the Christ Child) and a young shepherd (behind the Virgin). Farther in...

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Marquess Filippo Marignoli, Rome and Spoleto, until 1898 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Marquess Francesco Marignoli, 1898-1899 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Don Marcello Massarenti, Rome, 1899 [mode of acquisition unknown] [1900 catalogue supplement: no. 8, as Giovanni Spagna]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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