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Date : approx. between 1308 and 1311
Material : Tempera on canvas
Acquisition : Andrew W. Mellon Collection (1937)
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Italian Painting
Painting
Area related
Siena (Italy)
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The Nativity, flanked by Old Testament prophets who foretold the birth of Jesus, was on the front of the Maestà, the altarpiece at Siena cathedral. It was one of the scenes from Christ's childhood painted above and below the central image of Mary enthroned in a crowd of saints and angels. Many of his motifs seem to be based on Byzantine manuscript illuminations.
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